March 9.
Ratuways and Tibetan questions have so filled the stage of Chinese politics for the past three weeks that the conflict between Prince Ching and the Censors has probably attracted less attention than it deserves. perhaps more than any country, interoal affairs react on foreiga; and if only because of the malign influence that Prioce Ching notorious
eking, the story of the quarrel is exercises in the~ counsels of worth tracing. "For the moment victory rests with Prince Ching. Bat the Censorate clearly is up in arms at the treatment of Censor Chiang Ch'un-lin, and while the succeeding stages of the fight may be slow in developing, the matter can hardly remain where it is, It may be remembered that early in last month Censor Chiang Ch'un-lin, of the circuit of Chinese Turkestan, began to come into prominence by a series of attacks on leading officials. He denounced the Shanghai Taotai for subsidizing newspapers. He denounced Feng Ju-kuei, Governor of Kiangsi, "for bad reputation;' Cha Chia-pao, i, " for deception nally be dee Chang Jen-chun of the Liangkiang for employing incapable insubordinates. For this piece of temerity Censor Chiang was reproved by a decree of February 7. The subsidies granted to Chinese newspapers by Tuot Tsai Nai-huang were shown
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