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Ir is regrettable that Dr. J. C,. Ferguson should have thrown the weight of his long residence among, and acquaintance with, the Chinese against the Powers' demand for railway police. officered by foreigners. We agree with him to this extent—the criticism, so far as his statement goes, is rather implied than definitely expressed—that the scheme commits foreigners to doing for China what she ought to do for herself. Unfortunately she will not do it, Peking cannot and the Tuchuns won't.
No analogy such as Dr. Ferguson tries to draw from the
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