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[[underlined]] Chapter I. [[/underlined]]                4.

wei [[Chinese characters]], eminent Chinese scholars; Dr. Chiang Mon-lin 蔣夢麟, Chancellor of the Peking Government University; and Mr. Kungpah T. King [[Chinese characters]], well known to students of Chinese art both in China and abroad. All the above named gentlemen met|the overtures of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with great cordiality. Among foreign residents of Peking who were helpful in very many ways were Dr. Schurman and the entire staff of the American Legation; Dr. Henry S. Houghton, Director of the Peking Union Medical College; Dr. Amadeus W. Grabau, Chief Palaeontologist of the Geological Survey of China; Professor E. K. Smith, of Tsing Hua College (the "Boxer Indemnity School"); Mr. R. F. ([[strikethrough]] now [[/strikethrough]] ^[[later]] Sir Reginald F.) Johnston, tutor to the "boy emperor"; Baron A. von Staël-Holstein; Dr. J. G. Andersson; Professor A. I. Ivanov; and Dr. Richard Wilhelm.

[[underlined]] State of Affairs in China. [[/underlined]]
Affairs in China were, I soon found, in an extremely unsettled condition. During the past few years there had occurred numerous abrupt changes in the political situation, which at the time of my arrival was in a state of highly unstable equilibrium. No assurance existed as to what the immediate future might bring forth. Consequently I was unable to find at once any organization in a position to act in effective coöperation with us.
   The various museums in Peking, for example, were under the authority of different Ministries --- those of Foreign Affairs, of the Interior, of Education, and of Agriculture --- and their relations with one another were in many cases the reverse of amicable. Moreover, rivalry existed between the scholars of the old and the new schools. Those of the former category felt that they alone were qualified to inter-