In a leading article entitled 'Democracy at Kuling," the "Central China Post' says that in no other place has democracy a better chance of showing what it is worth, yet the editor, having attended the annual parliaments at Kuling for years, has never failed to be struck with the hostility which was shown towards every proposal which had a smack of common sense in it, while hearty support would be given to some mad idea. The present project for collecting as many Chinese consumptives as possible at Kuling may be mentioned as an illustration of one of these.
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