Show n now HOW THE MANDARINS TRAVEL f I if II r ec ecI s sf se I I Ir t r S LI r 1 f e e i tome ern one h has called the Ih the curie of Chins China they Y are as a 0 class so IG sad uel In pa Till The government hu has be been n repeatedly shown hown by law bow to collect It its revenues and drill I lq arm armies leI leIh h how to m make k powder Ider and cast call cannon but woot has not St Itself of I the full measure of thole owing to the ob obstinacy of Ih the mandarins While ir Hobert Hart had bad for to 40 years the Imperial customs so 10 efficiently that lie he had full swing and was wa trusted J by the ChIli Chinese government implicitly yet t he could not Induce It to 0 Institute la in other th the opposition ot of the mandarins was WAI so 10 Robert Hobert was himself relied to tM the of mandarin but he remained an aa to the last Through their perfect system of espionage tb the Chinese are k kept pl fit of what otI ea all over the empire hIP and the themselves make journeys to 0 different J pars on tours fir of ItIe Illustrations show bow a military maa on a visit of inspection to an outpost poet riding a pony sed u the I or sedan chair In ae which calls oj of elite ass made These chain are re earned II by two or tour four men mea and tile the belr 11 w wear r a uni form Altogether ala this m mast of la I tile the most t of in Ie Obi Ohms and always employed wit where practicable |