If there-is one thing more prevalent than another in China at the present day I feel sure the concen-us of opinion will decide that it is gambling. It permeates every strata of society and is indulged in practically from the cradle to the grave. It is only a short time since a Mandate was issued on the subject in which the President declared he knew who were addicted to the vice and threatened condign punishment unless they ceased.
One does not doubt the President's statement that he knew the men who gambled. Indeed one would be very much surprised if did not know them, for his intelligence department seems to be encyclopaedia. He knows where to put down hand, as also when and how. I have seen scores of babes in arms al fron
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