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Show Ll lll'Mi lilt Ml, A Abstcla or Ike I bnraelee of at llreiel CUIn iiui.a, Lcindo.v, Deo. CI Tho WroiiiWe'i Tlrn Tseu correspondent contributes a long And Abln chatAclor sketch of the Chinese elatearueti and general, Id Hung Chtng. Tho sketch oonlalus lhofnllowln: "Tho vlceroy'sslrengtli lies In reticence. Ho Is strong because of his ofllce, and stronger still by self-concealment. self-concealment. Iho whole court, even thormhasialors, would fear lilm as au euemy, Although hu might lack the tiower. Ho Is careful to claim that lie hales foreigners. Ho merely uststhem ua a means to an aud. Ha -picks their brains,' and urgiaa Ida subordlmtta to do Iho rsmo. Ho Is a truo opiajrtu ulit. Ho la regarded as the leader of the revolutionary party oven, should the mraiilnn Arlae. He pretends to have but little knowledge of Kuropean languages, In order thus to gain ad-vauioge ad-vauioge ovor foreign diplomats. He Is supposed to lie worth XlO,IMI),OtM, Ua Is a teetotaler, but has not any bo llsflurellcou." |