The account of the fight between the Tuchun of Shantung and his Provincial Assembly at Tsinanfu which we publish to-day, is nothing mew in the annals of China. The Tuchun wants one man elected Speaker, the Assembly wants another, and failing to coerce the Assembly by a display of force the uchun at least succeeds in getting nobody elected. But worse and verse (according to the account of the case sent to us by members of he Assembly) there was an uproar uring the session, caused by the uchun's agents, and the members f the Assembly are now finding themselves prosecuted as the culiprits. This story tells little that we do not know about the general condition of China, and incidentally; we have yet to hear the Puchun's side of the matter, But it is signi-, ficant that in this instance the members of the Assembly who fee] themselves aggrieved have asked foreign friends to make sure that the matter receives publicity in the foreign press of the country. Now, officialdom is always complaining that we deal harshly with them in our criticisms, and the tendency grows stronger daily to remind us that we are guests in a foreign country and must not be too severe. Here, on the other hand, is as near an approach to the vox populi that there is, and it calls upon us to take heed of the same sort of irregularity Hes about which we are asked not to comment, so hardly. The demand cannot be ignored, and if publicity and criticism can help in improving "full play.
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