The majority of the Chinese people, judging by the comments published in the Chinese Press, appears to be dissatisfied with the result obtained by the Chinese delegation at the Washington Conference. The Powers are characterized as granting China gifts with one hand, while with the other they snatch them back. Not single concession has been made in favour of this country with any real show of good grace and without a condition of one sort or another attached to it, complain most of the Chinese writers. The Japan-jose must be consummate jokers in j making their solemn announcement of the withdrawal of Group V of the 21 Demands Treaty. The de-} mands under this Group have never been accepted by China. The Waichiaopu, and of course Dr. W. W. Yen, too, have come in for a lot of adverse comments, because they have sought to deceive the people assuming a virtuous tone las if they had done some: thing vei their! meritorious.
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