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Chinese politicsā; Very much of an adventurer in type. 2) āReport,: H.A. Byatt, Governor ; 3) āNote supplied by Mr. H. Noble Hall, one time correspondent of the Times at Washington on the early career and character of Chen in Trinidadā; 3) Cutting from āFar Eastern Times, by W. Sheldon Ridge; āLife Story of Eugene Chenā (furnished by American Legation, July 1927).
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