The impossibility of a Central Government in this province with men of such calibre, holding the balance of power, can be readily surmised. What is true of Szechuan is apparently true of every province in China, and what in true of the combined attitude of all the provinces, toward any Central Government in. any #0 called capital of the Republic or Reput lies. However admirable may. be the individual traits of the Chinese, or however sober and staid the' masses may be, whose only part in the grand fiasco is to supply the funds that finally bring bankruptcy, and desolation, and pages might be written on both these subjects, yet as one tries to picture China' as a nation public, or to illustrate her Governmental processes, the object that nation presents, is not Hy fish, but at least an when attempt is made' to stabilize, her Innate tendencies are to stretch, having, no real pressure to. the
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