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...Miss Pao Tselg, a descendant of famed Philosopher Tsing and the founder of a school for well-bred Chinese girls, observed that Confucius in all his teachings mentioned women only twice. She quoted his maxim: "It is very difficult to keep company with women or with small-minded men." And she recalled his reply to King Wu, when this worthy had mentioned the aid, which he received in ruling, from a council of 10 persons: ". . . There are only 9, for 1 is a woman...
...Pao-chang...
...General Li Pao-chang, Shanghai Commissioner of Defense, continued his attempts to break the general strike (TIME, Feb. 28) by ordering soldiers to march about the streets, cutting off the heads of alleged strikers and setting up these gory warnings upon poles...
...After five days of this wanton decapitation General Li Pao-chang posted up a bland proclamation: "I am touched by the numerous executions by my subordinates. They were prompted thereto by my orders to execute on the spot, without question and without trial. This order I now rescind...
...Wellington Koo. It is unfashionable never to have met Pao-yu Tang (not long since diplomat's lady at Washington and London) moving always among the great and in the international world of fashion, now resident in Peking with Foreign Minister Dr. Welling ton Koo, whom she has groomed with her wealth and wit into China's most famed diplomat...