lpr. 26.
Anipst the excitement of the student agitation the Chinese seem to be-losing sight of what appears a more pressing, not to say, @ more practical question, the healing of the breach between the North and the South, so-called. The students' aim, so far as we understand it, seems to be the merely negative one of preventing the Government from coming to a premature agreement with Japan on the Shantung question. There is a justifiable fear that the country "may be betrayed through secret diplomacy and the people are well within their rights in demanding that before they are committed to an irrevocable settlement they should, at least, be consulted.. Assurances have already been repeatedly given on this head but the Cabinet has lost the confidence of the nation and it is difficult to imagine'any kind of statement emanating from: Peking that would win credence from those conducting the present
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