The scheme had hardly received its final shaping before T'an Yen-kai handed over the seals of office to T'ang Siang-min. The agreement was honoured throughout Governor 'T'ang's regime as thoroughly as it, would have been had Mr. T'an remained in office. In 1916, Mr. T'an came back and in the autumn of 1917 he handed over the seals to Fu Liang-tso. Governor Fu made all the payments due during his term of office. He left hurriedly before the arrival of T'an Hao-min, who six months later left in similar hurry before the arrival of Chang—Chin-yao. The agreement held good up to the
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