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Wellington she would not have been so long in conquering
the Transvaal, The man who crushed Napoleon would have
made short work of the Boers.
China would never again have a Boxer rising. The
spread of modern education was dissipating the ignorance
offere a
of the masses and offere a far better (uarantee against
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the outbreak of any similar fanaticis than any Imperial
Ediots could do.
Speaking of the recent reorganisation of the Govern-
ment the Prince said that however excellent it might be
in theory, it had still to stand the test of notual
experience and he seemed to think that further changes
would be required if any real progress towards Western
standarda was to be made, Englend had only reached her
prosent position by a gratual process of evolution, and
China could not hope to do in a few years what it had
taken centuries to acomplish in Europe,
Asked whether he thought China would mugoedd in carry-
ing out her opium programme, he said he felt confident
that