If Mr. Padoux's scheme held out no further promise to officialdom, the loopholes in it would provide for the endowment of such a Government as we have now in Peking for just as long a period as the Powers would continue to recognize it. No one would te quicker to see this than the Chinese official. In fact the amiable attitude, already ref otod i the Chinese press, towards a funding Joan scheme, is evidence enough for anyone who knows the Chinese official mind that officialdom has already seen in the scheme, not only a relief from aggressive dunning, not only a means of perpetuating the status quo, but also a promise of rich pastures ahead. And no one can deny that Mr. Padoux's scheme. affords this vista.
Allowing for a few years of stress and. strain, during which the return from provincial appointments would be an exceptionally fine harvest because the
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