Needless to say, this story was told and went the rounds and the local community was mightily cheered. Then other ''considerations" intervened. It was argued with great common sense. that Tsao Kun at the moment had real pewer and t¥at as President he was pilloried as a conspicuous target for all the offensive missiles which the various Governments have to hurl at China and that, if this power lasted a few months only, China at large could be officially committed to everything which the 16 nations have a right to demand from her. The rumour was therefore in the air, no later than Thursday, that Tsao would be recognized by the entire Corps Diplomatique © and_ that they would waltz up to the Palace on Monday and pay conventional deference to the nominal head of the nation.
Since then morality has again had her "innings." The Occidental notion of fair play, of what is done and what isn't' done, the Anglo-Saxon sense decency, seem to be making a serious war upon conventional diplomatic expediency, and it is boldly prophesied -to-day in several responsible quarters that: "while the Japanese may find it expedient, for obvious reasons, to be conciliatory, we are ready to bet heavily that The other Powers will make their recognition of Tsao conditional and that their Ministers will not attend ihis reception en Monday."
Conditional recognition, of course, means that the Lincheng demands will be met in toto and that the new "President of the Chinese Republic" will institute some real and tangible guarantee against disorder in the provinces.
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