On the surface, eversthinge seemed to go with a great swing and for the! moment the occasion might be con-Sidered a success. Some of the! speakers delivered bombastic beeches against unequal treaties, imperialism, Wa Pei-fa, and Chang Tsoclin, and after these had been knocked down there was very little standing. Most of the speakers} were very moderate and advised the policy of reconstruction. Everything to be Knocked down was some con: siderable distance from the frontier and had therefore very little effect the large audience. A feature of the gathering, and something which caused much interest, was the presence of two reporters, one oh each side of the platform, aking down the addresses.
The first deputy, a very capable man, had spent ten years in Japan, The other deputies are also men of! experience and well acquainted with
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