Honan is now in a curious posi tion. Te affords a striking illustre tion of the latter-day tendency to undermine the position of Civil Governor. Gradually, the militarists taking up all the responsible pro-posts, there being fewer:
ly territorial hats than heads fon which to fit them. The result that purely civil hats, if they important enough, must be requisitioned to make up the deficiency. Sun and Yueh between them mu: have about 200 thousand troops, on2 section of whom must now support the military power and the other the civil authority. That in itself does not argue that the peace will be kept. 'But is it possible that Sug'
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