activities have been as follows: he Jarrived in Peking in 1808, where he served as a student interpreter. In {1900 he went through the Siege of the Lepations, for which he. was [decorated. He was stationed in Changsha during a troublesome period, and for his work in. the Hunan capital received the thanks of the Diplomatic Body. From 1916 to 1922, Sir Meyrick passed strenuous times in distant Szechuen, Here his friendship with all parties enabled him to act as a maker between the Yunnan and. Szechuen factions, both struggling for power. The year 1926 saw him in Amoy
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