'The Governor is extremely popular with the Shantung people and every one has to acknowledge his honesty and patriotism, although, of his virtues must make hi rather conspicuous in diplo circles, for he does not' smoke, drink,' or play mahjongg and has only one wife. He comes to his office by half-past seven in the morning and remains there through the day, having a simple noon meal served at the office. Promptly at 630 he returns to his home and has his evening meal with his wife end family, after which he devotes the evening to public entertainments, His custom of invariably eating at home and only attending formal dinners as an onlooker as it were, is sometimes misunderstood, and it said that some foreign hostesses. have been piqued by his disregard of their elaborate menus until he: explained that only in this way could he have any home life whatever. When one considers the ceremonial dinners which his oficial position would ordinarily constrain him to attend one cannot admire his device which secures against dyspepsia at the same that it affords him a little leisure to become acquainted with his family.
Naturally ble at being deprived of the sharks' fins, precious puddings and the million and one concomitants of splendour of birds' official banquets, but te be for the most part an honest, hard-working staff they acquiesce in the rigid regime, although finding their official positions by no means the usual sinecures,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.