China's Latest Peril No foreign resident in China, it possessed only of an elementary. sense of humour, ever should tire fof reading tales of the country as told in the West. They pass away many an idle hour and they compete seriously with "Y-Kik?" and the Rossiter Company for rollicking. fun, Yesterday we gave some extracts from the output of one who at least wrote with the style of authority and now we come to some more, by "a well-known traveller" and quoted by Mr. J. Gun-Munro, FROS, in an article in the "East Anglian Daily Times." It appears that the folk in the West have been unnecessarily frightening themselves ever the imminent rush over Europe of teeming millions of Asiatics. Whether or not this excursion is ess," and in the Jong run China ikely to be left in the lurch if mot be found to bring, her into line with her neighbors, "Consulates Above Suspicion"
A noteworthy phrase ix used by the "Canton Gazette" of April in Jan article dealing with foreign reg-fostered launches in that part of China, It points to a striking me Jcrease in the number of such craft from before 1922 and at the present day, and says it is notorious that practically all of them are own-fed and run by Chinese, and it Publishes a table to show how th number has grown. This is as follows:—
No. of contemplated does not matter in the Toast, because, to parody the latest classic, "There ain' going to be no Asiatics." We read that, "owing partly to the gross negligence of, the Chinese in denuding the land of vegetation and making no efforts, at afforestation" the Gobi Desert ates Wonk Number of new vog.
before rations int 92s ana 19a American Gan. nly) kas decided to settle all China's
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