YUAN SHIH-KAI OF CHINA.
In the November Review of Reviews Mr Carl Crow writes most eutertaiugly of Chiua’s,new President.
Yuan Shih-kai is now 55 though he does not look so old. He is a short, heavy man, active, but inclined to be corpulent, like most old Chinese. His eyes are small and keen, and, with advancing age, bulge from the head iu a way that would be ludicrous in a man of less dignity If he lacks in distinguished physicial appearance, Yuan makes up for it by the pomp with which he surrounds himself. For many years, when he occupied official positions under the Manchus, he never went abroad without the companvof four guards of unusual height, who were dressed iu gorgeous costume. His chairbearers were always men of striking appearance, and there was nothing in the catalogue of Chinese livery which was overlooked to add distinction to his coming and going. As his rank increased he increased the eclat with which he
surrounded himself. Now, as the President of the Flowery Republic, streets are cleared before he ventures out, and he goes accompanied by many galloping horse men.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1175, 22 November 1913, Page 4
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189YUAN SHIH-KAI OF CHINA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1175, 22 November 1913, Page 4
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