. The awakening of China . SUCHOW: OXE OF TllK WATER GATES. IX SUCHOW CITY PROVINCE OF KIANGSU 27 paddy-fields. Having spent a year there, I regard itwith a sort of affection a8>one of my Oriental homes. Shanghai presents a spectacle rare amongst theseaports of the world. Its broad streets, well keptand soon to be provided with electric trolleys, extendfor miles along the banks of two rivers, lined with opu-lent business houses and luxurious mansions, most ofthe latter being surrounded by gardens and emboweredin groves of flowering trees. Nor do these magazinesand dwelling-houses stand mere
. The awakening of China . SUCHOW: OXE OF TllK WATER GATES. IX SUCHOW CITY PROVINCE OF KIANGSU 27 paddy-fields. Having spent a year there, I regard itwith a sort of affection a8>one of my Oriental homes. Shanghai presents a spectacle rare amongst theseaports of the world. Its broad streets, well keptand soon to be provided with electric trolleys, extendfor miles along the banks of two rivers, lined with opu-lent business houses and luxurious mansions, most ofthe latter being surrounded by gardens and emboweredin groves of flowering trees. Nor do these magazinesand dwelling-houses stand merely for taste and opu-lence. Within the bounds of the Concessions is the reignof law—^not, as elsewhere in China, the arbitrary willof a magistrate, but the offspring of freedom and live every^vhere under the protection oftheir own national flags: and within the ConcessionsChinese accused of crimes are tried by a mixed courtwhich serves as an object-lesson in justice and hu-manity. Had one time to peep into a native yanien,one might se
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