Mr. Ma (who formerly held the post of Commissioner of Education of Kansu, later relieved of the office by the former governor, Lu Hong-ta0, now Commissioner of Education, I understand, of five provinces under the Feng regime) depicted before the assembled crowd the pitiable condition of Chi The orator said, "Tupan Feng! lives in a small house, eats. simple! food and wears plain' clothes in order to be an example, His motto ly Save the country, and save the An illustration was then fiven by the speaker to prove his point—how ao certain Chinese travelling in @ Dutch ship, en route to a foreign country, was denied the privilege to occupy a first-class capi He asked for the reason and thi evoked a conversation with _the ship's officer in which said officer mentioned inferiority.
The very fact that then China had not one ship sailing on the high seas while Holland, a small country operated over 600 such vessels evidenced inferiority.
Mr. Ma also brought out the idea that the foreigner could sell goods cheaper than the Chinese owing to not paying likin.
Mr. Chang followed Mr, Ma with a few words.
Subsequently, came a feast, a necessary concomitant of Chincee occasions.
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