Judging by the circumstances uow prevailing in that ill-breeding triangle mentioned in the beginning of this article, it is almost beyond *doubt that sooner or later Li Yuan-hung, who is at present on live charcoal, will, or will have to, repeat his old game of fleeing to his residence in Tientsin or finding himself under the shelter of some foreign Legation im Peking once. more. (Since the above was written the flight to Tientsin has actually occurred—Ed.)
Now none of the Presidents has ended well. Can Tsao Kun's end be otherwise if he persists in using the present foul measures (measures more sordid and more base than. these' Hsu Shih-chang had employed to' secure his) to gain Presidency? If Hsu Shih-chang is a branded "illegal president," what will Tsao Kun be? If Tsao Kun actually succeeds in piloting himself to the White House, then China's prestige as a nation in international circles will be truly at the lowest ebb.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.