One has to understand these pre" judices and the influences of historical precedent on the Chinese mind t understand how and why rule by the much-despised and justly-hated Fengtienites now he viewed with satisfaction Peking. Conditions here have improved during the past fow months and the belief has sprend, whether rightly or wrongly, that they have Improved because Chang Tso-lin is asserting his authority over Chang Chung-chang, Peking's bote noire, This, in turn, indicates that Chang Tso-lin really controls the nucleus iao Kingdom and is answer ible to its people for its pence and prosperity. This suggests that he sal ruler of this domain, erning from Manchuria, as he doer, a period not unlike that of he Five Dynasties, and that the old Liao Realm has 'a right to look to him for the same sort of mis government under check, plus d fence against the South, as the same aren enjoyed 1,000 years og.
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