When Prince Ching returns, he will be regarded as the real head of affairs. He is, however, not the man of courage, angina lity, or grasp of the issues of the day that the First Grand Secretary was. He is more genial fin his manners, as is true of most Manchus, unless w-' except the brothers Prince Tuan sri! Duke Lau. He is the same as was the noted Viceroy in ability to increase his revenue. Avaricious-is a characteristic of both. The Prince is rather more a time-server. He did not believe in the Boxer claims, but he contributed to -ome of their he"dquarters where Chinese Christians were cut to pieces, and whose leaders had least reason to loot and burn foreign property. He did not advocate war against foreigners, neither did he oppose it, as did the noble com official martyrs. He remained sile saved his life. An open and righteous statement might have held back the Government from its crusade of blood and carnage. Instead, he went with those for the moment, strong. Hissoldiers fired on the Legations, though not, perhaps, with as much persis rency as those of General Tung Fu-hsiang. When the Allies came, he then dared to {counsel peace, and so became Plenipotenflary. He yielded without much testation to the demands of the victorious Powers, but he now exerts himself to restore things to the old order. Whenever possible, he has tried to save officials from punishment. He especially looks after the interests of the Manchus. We have heard that one foreigner whose name was spoken of for different positions in the Chinese Government was opposed by him because
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