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Like his august mistress, Tzu Hal (who commanded to the end bis loyally and sincere admin tony, Li Hungchang understood Under the heading "The dynaatio records for purposes of the expediency of revising the The University of Dublia has Bismarck
the Enat," historical securacy." Like Tzu established a cooperative wi ty this Times voviews the. Hai, he kept a c.utious eye ou within its walls. The first pur moirs of the Viceroy Li Hung-public opinion and know well chase was made recently by the Provost, Dr. Anthony Traill, chang, Edited by W. E. M
olition of life, with the moral The stored is stocked with gro-With an Into fuction by the Elon.roaxims of the sages and the caries, tobacco, &s. It is intend-John Foster (Constable, 108. 04. hiliness of their philosophies." ed to open soon a lunch depart Jost') ·
In old age, after going abroad ment in the Collogo Pa k..
As revealed by himself, Li(for the first time in his life) to Hung-chang'aobaisoler and ako petice for his country with career go fur to explain the de-Japan, being then fiercely de moralizition of the Chinesenounced by his enemies t Government under Tu Hai and Teking, bo hopea "that in her the cause of the Monarchy's own records the Empress will decline and fall. From the ear|placo me right in history, for 1 liest days of his official career, not bear to think that comingChurch Mission Society Bunga ne when his keen brain, machine-guerations should regard me as like memory, and infinite en pacity other than a patriot who attempt for taking pains had brought him od well and did not always fa 1." to the front rank of classicalle was well aware that the four scholars, the secret of his success in primarily responsible for River Widening.
lay ever in single-min led atten- the policy which led to the war A Local Government Bard in-tion to the matter in hard,with Japan were Yuan Shih-si, qury has been held at Norwich in scrupulous deference to those in Sir Robert Hart, M. Dairing, connection with an application by authority over him, and a keen eyed himself; but he knew also. the Corporation for permission to to his own advane ment. Long did Tzu Isi, that Oh sa's borrow £5,470 for widening and before he al cos sion to bring prepared and defencelesa con- straightening the River Wenam,is omarkable intelligence tolition was due to the shameless. It is propored to widen the river. bear on China's foreign relations, corruption and nepotism of his just below Dake's Palace Bridge afore he had established himself adibinistration, from which from 53it. to 8011. and to modify Buddha" as her most promising Tzu Iisi herself drew their rich in the good graces of the "Old Lien-ring, Princo Ch'ing, and the sharp bend at this point to
disciple in the art of setting one harvest of "squeeze enable flood water to pass away barbarian against another, he had opinion of bo greatest of his own quickly.
given proof of the chief qualities countrymen-men like Chang An Unsafe Churchi.
and defeats of the classical man-Chih-t'ung and Lin Kua-yi-he The ohurch of St. Peter, darin. Daring his military was undoubtedly associated with Sheldon, which was consecrate career, while mmanding the notorious Li Lien-ying in only 11 years ago, has been con- Imperialist forces with responsibility for selata of public demned by Mr. W. D. Caror, which Gordon defeate the orruption unequalled since the architect to the Ecclesiatic Taipings, he displayed the innati-days of Ob'ien Lung's venal Commission, as being in an unsafe ble greed of money, the cold-and Secretary, Ho Shen, condition. The Rev. R. M. blooded Larbarity and cynical Koowing these things, it is not Marsh-Daan, vicar of Shaldon, faleshood" which continued to arprising to find him in his asks for assistance in the task of distinguish his regime as Viceroy diaries, as in his daily memorials. raising the 23,000 which it is and Grand Secretary. He makes the Throne, sedulously playing stimated must be spent on the no secret of these things Accept to the gallery of public opinion church to make it sound pulling them without hesitation as and to posterity. Here, for in-
part of the immutable traditions tanca, is an entry in the journal (octian tradition failed to hour the A Hospital for Mothers, of his caste and cred, he rec rds,uide on his way to Germany till small voice of Young Chiantion, for certain rare impulses of The "Mothers' Hospital" at with the frank naiv te ola Pepys, from Russis in 1896. Then the distance, Li' mind was Clapton, which was opened by many ignobletions based on thought of Napoleon's retreat fromable not only to memorize the Louico (Duchess of the most sor id of motives. Moscow rad naturally suggested Spring and Antamn Classic" Argyll), is a striking development There is, indeed, an almowolves to a mind whose know backwards, but. to perceive the of the work of the Salvation infantile artlessness in his record ledge of the outer world was of necessity for acquiring the mech- Army.
inioul and military sciences of the For rear the of things in themselves infamous, the kindergarten order, whereupon Western world. Never for an Salvation Army has carried on an which partially disarms criticisme observes:"There are always institation in Hackney which has For instance, when Gordon was wolves where there aro sheep; intent was his faith shaken in the been in a position to receive 25 fighting the Taipinga in a is the same in the life of man and unassailable wisdom of the Con- maternity cases, but the accom-way which compelled even he lives of nations. I do not fucian system; but he combined modation has proved to be quite Li's admiration, and incidentally want to be thought of an woll with the arrogance and ignorance the typical mandarin a Yet in this of inadequate. The building now gaining for him the high favour by my fellow men.
*hrowd common sense and open will accommodate 48 casas, of Tseng Kao-fan and the Em-na volume we find him com- and, if sufficient money is forth- presa Dowager, the future Viceroy placently recording his instruct breadth of vision which enabled coming, extra blocks will be pathetically records his wish that one to the captain in charge of him to estimate forces and to de- added until provision can be made the. Foglisbaren "asight forget some captured Taipings at Chin- termine relative values as none of for 150 patients.
about the cursed pay for the king, that it would do no harm is countrymon could do. Troops! Dama them! They sill to replenish the meat supply of was born great, in that he possos- do nothing without pay now, but the city by allowing the butchers ei-brain-power and industry for at and drink and sleep." To re-to kill some of the prisoners for bove the average; he achieved greatness, partly by his own hard reduce the expenditure on com-food." missariat, so "depk ting to private, The editor of these selected work and partly by successfully the deliverance from a lion is the funds," he decides to keep the memoira suma up the character coltivating the favours of the Arabian desert of Sir John Gayer, troops fighting, because "when of China's most-conspicuous mighty. Finally, with the first who was Lord Mayor in 1830 they are marching or engaged statesman
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Thus, in all sincerity, writes the faced. Ilo was wanting in the coald not confess to anything so young mandarin who in the same Obristian or Confucian standard undignified as sea-sickness, which Plans showing the proposed pages confesses that he "lid not if morality, yet he preserved a rejoiced without ceasing in the laying out of part of the sruthern like the occupation of arms, but certain rugged integrity of pur homage of American journalists section of the White Fart-lane had his future to think of" the pose that makes him a great man and the balle of the ship"; which estate on the lines of a garden same who, later in life, starved and patriot. He served his. suburb for the accommodation of the Imperial Navy and "aqueez-country and his ruler faithfully could feel that the end of the Em- persons of the working class were ed the Imperial arsenals eo and, it might be added, himself; peror Kuang Hou was near but submitted at the meeting of the unmereifally that, when war for during his public career he ander the spell of those feather- had no pity for him because, London County Council recame, his county was ignomin-accumulated great wealth and cently. After rome discussion the iously defeated. Ambition, farece performed great public industrial minded ones about him. be re- plane were approved, and it was ing and tireless, is reflected from service by means of it.... fused to listen, even listen, to cer- decided to ask the Road Board every page of Li Hung-chang's Ile wis a con-ervative, and have uttered.". If it were not for tain words of wisdom I would whether it would be prepared to diaries: ambition, first to be adhered to the customs and the sincerity of his belief in him- make a contribution towards the distinguished above all scholars, cost of constructing roads on the to become the Poet Laureate superstitions of antiquity; yet.a progressive, introducing en- estate to form part of the pre-of China; next, to attain to high lightenment and reform. While posed new main arterial road office and great wealth, to stand he professed to see the danger of between London and Cambridge. preeminent in the councils of the the opium caree, he was still one
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Old Buddha;" finally, to leave of the greatest poppy growera in
A delay bas cecarred in the reo rded a fair name for patriot the land. He united the traite carrying out of the experiment of ic virtue and good service to the of cordial philanthropy and heart- atrengthening the foundations of State, and, above all, to secureless cruelty, if trathfulness and St. Paul's Cathedral by cementing the favourable ver.lict of poster mendacity. By his own people the subsoil of sand. Arrangeity. But throughout all the var he was loved an 1 hated, despiced ments had been made for the ex-ious phee of his career, as, one and feared, degraded and oralted periment on the site of the old after the other, he attained to his above any other Chinam 10. Post Office in the St. Martin's-le- ambitions by sheer force of in- He knew how to use the forene Grand, but owing to strikes intellect and energy, his selfcom- ae his servant, the North the delivery of the muninge Toveal him 08 necessary machinery has been de- ated fastly consumed by two born great because at a time when In a sense Li Hang-chang was layed. The pro neal is to make master passions love of the lost by sinking steel tubes for money and veneration of the most of the exponents of the Con-
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