1 may add that official corruption {is now mote rampant than ever. Opium is rigidly suppressed among: the "people. It is widely smoked and freely imported. by. officials. Gambling is forbidden to the poor fellows. But the great men and their families, indulge in it with perfect. impunity. Once the afore-Said mayor of Nanking tried to enter mahjong party ina certain house; but it turned out that the players were persons of some influence, and our brave mayor had to beat. a hnasty retreat, This situation aptly iMlusteates the Chinese proverb: "Only. permit the city officials to set fire burning; allow not the sub-Jeets to light a lantern."
'A friend of mine recently. told me that a favourite cook of an important minister draws. clerk's salary in the ministry. This la. no mere hearsay, but_is reliably. reported as true. Should we feel serateful that only one cook is cited, land not many concubines and little babies, oF that the cook in question draws'nothing higher than a cled salary? No, we must fight such corruption to the bitter end, Let us raise a cry against all" such corruptions and injustices. Let the now censors do their duty to punish all delinquents in the government. The national government we still warmly. support; but its vice and corruption we must condemn to: the end, Our voices will prevail only we will persevere, Let the government obey: our will, for we:
the masters of China, T am, ete;
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