Apr. 25.
In books written about China and the Chinese no statement is more frequently made or more strongly insisted on.than that, as a nation, the sons of Han are a peace-loving race. Those familiar with Chinese history take the statement with the usual pinch of salt just as merchants doing business in this country make a mental reservation when they hear some traveller descant on the wonderful honesty of the Chinese trader and how '"'he never under any circumstances fails to keep his contracts no matter how much he
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