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Show DOCTOR WU. The Chinese government has bowed to the fascinations of that suave and j successful diplomat, Doctor "Wu Ting f S Fang. Once more Doctor VS'u has come ' back. Although he represented the old ; ropime when envoy of the Celestial em-; em-; . ' pi re to the United States he has been i made foreign minister by the Chinese , republic. " - - . j We do not remember jit how Doc- tor Wu classed himself as a politician. T ; Whether he is a monarchist, a repub-, repub-, lican. a believer in despots at the top and slaves at the bottom we do not r' know. But all of us old enough to re-member re-member his stay among us remember ; j Doctor Wu as jjnc of the. most genial ! one of the wittiest, and one of the most : accomplished gentlemen who ever came out of the east with the perfumes aud I spices of intellect. His wit appeared rather occidental than oriental, due. no doubt, to his education in the western ; half of the world. While among us lie was a brilliant mau of the world a i , good aftcr-diuner speaker, a pleasant '. companion, a democrat in manner, if not by conviction, and a diplomat of charming charm-ing affability. The new order in China found Doctor Wu wanting. Something more was demanded de-manded of the republic's representative i tli a n wit and charm. And so Doctor Wu was recalled, and one more in harmony har-mony with the revolution substituted at Washington. But the (" liinese republic repub-lic has not had easy sailing. In rough s-'as it finds the need of pilots who un-derstand un-derstand their business. To call oneeif i ' .n republican is apparently no longer the ; , sine qua non of official preferment. One j 1 must have trie skill and the ability to ? " handle big affairs of government. That. . we are safe in assuming, is the reason j ( Doctor Wu is again an official of the : 1 ' hinese jroveruinnt. : r |