And there 1s no doubt that this crusading spirit will be strongly reactionary. The writer has been trying to find out in the course of a trip which has brought him finally to Shanghai, just what it is that thinking Chinese want at this moment. This is not so difficult as it might seem, because thoughts and aspirations run in waves in China. The fundamental political cravings of Hankow, let ug say, will always be found by the traveller to coincide remarkably with the desires of Canton, Peking and Shanghai. Changes in attitude synchronize in China so exactly
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