Show CHINAS HIGH COMPLIMENT That Americans can properly govern gov-ern Oriental races has been proved by the excellent record made by our army officers In China The Chinese have never been accused of being unduly gentle with officials and Governors tbaU failed to give satisfaction In fact they have a habit of dragging them by the boots through the mud When It became known that the Amor lean troops had been ordered to withdraw with-draw from tho Chinese capital l and that the American district the city was to be turned over to the Germans loJ policing the natives gathered en mossfe and petitioned Ihe Americans to retain control and not to surrender it to the Germans To Gen Chaff the American com manderlnchlef who has particularly won their hearts the Chinese presented pre-sented a most complimentary memorial memo-rial tablet expressing In Homeric terms their appreciation of his good government The fablet jtgelf bears four large characters which translated trans-lated mean I Singing his merit and admiring his virtue In the upper right side of the tablet is an inscription inscrip-tion saying Prenentqd to the Commander Com-mander of the Forces of Great America Amer-ica Great Man Chaffed the Good Governing Gov-erning Man The inscription Irj the I 1 lower lefthand side of the tablet says I Presented most worshlpfully by all the merchants people and residents 1 dwelling between the Swenwu gate and thc Great West Memorial arch I this being the American district of Peking Pe-king I I I The banner on the right oC the tablet I I signifies Having merit that deserves II victory he Is respected by the Chinese I Chi-nese The banner on the left declare I He has comforted the people kept i them In order and shown favor Impar I I I tlally to all living As If all this were not sufficient to declare Gen I ChatTces merits and kindnesses the I I memorial umbrellas borne by the petitioners peti-tioners carried inscriptions saying The remembrance of your favors has I spread among the people an if borne upon the winda With such a record made In China from whlch our troops are withdrawing with so much credit I Americans arc certainly entitled to expect the best results from our control con-trol In the Philippines and elsewhere There Is little comfort for antiIm I perialists in thin Chinese petition G M Walker in Leslies Weekly |