It is not to be supposed that a radical reform of the present system of sanctuary would be welcome to Chinese officialdom as a whole. Officialdom as: whole would be distressed and resentful if stringent checks were put upon the use of the settlements by those temporarily ruled out of the great game and the Powers would earn no thanks, but engender much animosity, by helping to bring upon official criminals their several: nemeses. Even the chauvinist who delights in pointing out that political chaos is fostered in the ports has relatives in office whose extradition from a concession on a cri-~ minal -charge or whose expulsion from a settlement he would resent with unreasoning bitterness. Bach government in power dilates upon. the injustice.of harbouring enemies of the recognized: admi-
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