A less indignant and more practical element in the community thought that Tsao Kun, for the same numerous reasons should not be recognized unconditionally, but that if he forced his Government to accept all the terms of the Lincheng Note and showed a disposition to pound some sense of their obligations under treaties Into his subordinates, he should be conciliated and used for as long as he lasted, because, even though he might last no more than a few months, he could restore to some degree in his large bailiwick the dying tradition that foreigners have certain rights which. the Chinese nation
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