There are several people just now obsessed with the Bolshevik bugbear. Perhaps it is another symptom of neurasthenia. But one finds herd and *there unhappy persons who are genuinely hysterical. They believe implicitly that they are doing the right thing in letting others know all about it. They become excitable and chatter shrill ly of Bolshevism at the slightest prove ration. We agree that one should be always on the alert. Ba prepared" is a good motto. Bub to impute all manner of things to the spreading of propaganda by Nihilists or other "ists" is really rather strange.
The Chinese "maskee" attitude is now passing away. They remain as happy and as philosophical as before, and do not dash too fast after material things, but on the whole thay are developing a better self-appreciative sense than they had before. We all like to see the fellow who can look after himself. who does mat look as if he would worry much, or waste much time about becoming self-assertive if it appeared to him that certain others were getting nasty.
The Chinese are the most able people on the face of the earth, Dr, Arthur Smith wrote: "Tt may be that there is none better entitled to claim the benediction once pronounced unau the peace-makers,' He refers in this passage to the Chinese. Recent events may have led some to doubt the really peaceable nature of some of their party leaders and their strongest supporters. Yet they are patient, and they are gentle. They are not disposed to return evil for evil. Somebody plays them ai dirty trick: they do not go out of their way to return a Roland for an Oliver. Of course, sometimes, even the worm will turn. To say this may raise a sneer from. some who have not found the Cantonese patient and gentle. Their patience is pro-verbal, and as for gentleness, you will not find it oozing out towards vou unless you treat them decently. By decently is not meant to treat them like big, fat children. If you feel that a man is behaving towards you as if you were a sort of village idiot, you will not just radiate bonhommie. Similarly with these alert and sporting Kuangtung men.
There is too much groaning beard in these days. Kuangtung Province and Canton City are -all right, doing fine. In Kuangsi, true, awful misery' has been the lot of probably the majority. But in Kuantung, do not believe it! Some distress thera was, especially up the North River, but elsewhere! Whole day battles occurred in the Delta, thousands engaged on either side, and only a dozen or so were killed. Looting, also was exceptionally, almost extraordinarily, modest, in most places,
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