There is a widespread impression in England that things are in a bad way in the young Chinese Republic, writes Mr. F. A. Mackenzie in the "Daily Mail." We have heard 90 much of internal strife, of division between south and north, of outbreaks, and of coming foreign og gression that the man in the street can almost see, in the mind's eye, the country already divided, the Republic at an end, and the most wonderful political and social experiment of our generation brought to ruin, A talk with Dr. Morrison, Peking pondent of "The Times" and a robust faith in the future of the commonwealth and a fund of indignation for the men who have been systematically spread. ing evil reports against it. He re turned to England last week for a brief spell before taking up his new duties. He left China steadily set: tling down, with the authority of the Central Government surely owing, with trade everywhere reviving, and with the unwieldy armies of the revolution being dually disbanded and absorbed in the civil population.
The Inner Councils of the The story of how Dr. Morrison came to be called to the inner coun-oils of the young Republic is interesting. Early this summer he had made up his mind to leave China for fifteen years.
He had, as we all know, samed world-wide recognition as the first of foreign correspondents and as the premier living authority on Chinese affairs. But be was wearied, I shrewdly suspect, of being always the observer and recor-So he was going home, possibly to take his part in public life thers, His famous library was announced for sale. The old house—familiar to all in Peking—would know him no more,
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