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. He was
intelligent enough to observe everything of importance in the
ports through which he passed, and it was interesting to hear him
tell of the things he had seen, and his characterization of some
of the people he had visited.
"What did Your Highness think of the relative characteristics of
the Germans and the French, as you saw them?" I asked him at the
same dinner.
"The people in Berlin," said he, "get up early in the morning and
go to their business, while the people in Paris get up in the
evening and go to the theatre."
This may have been a bit exaggerated, but it indicated that the
Prince did not travel, as many do on their first trip, with his
mouth open and his eyes closed.
After his return to Peking he purchased a brougham, as did most
of the other leading officials and princes at the close of the
Boxer troubles, and driving about in this carriage, he has been a
familiar figure from that time until the present. As straws show
the direction of the wind, these incidents ought to indicate that
Prince Chun will not be a conservative to the detriment of his
government, or to the hindrance of Chinas progress.
It is a well-known fact that the Empress Dowager, in addition to
her other duties, took charge of the arrangement of the marriages
of all her nieces and nephews. One of her favourite Manchu
officials, and indeed one of the greatest Manchus of recent
years, though very conservative, and hence little associated with
foreigners, was Jung Lu
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