Wo are beginning to hear, for instance, from our Chinese friends of all classes, that a great proportion of the disorder in China is engineered from the ports; that ninety per cent. of the official refugees living under foreign protection are not political but criminal refugees against whom thousands of outraged Chinese people could bring criminal charges if the foreigners would entertain them; that unpatriotic groups and movements, overthrown in China with popular acclaim at a cost of much blood and treasure, continue to thrive under foreign patronage, recuperate and emerge in due course to set back the wheels of progress and reform. It is argued from. these facts, which are neither untrue nor exaggerated. that there can be no peace in China while the foreigner retains control over portions of Chinese territory and that no possible check " upon Chinese officialdom_can be established so long as officials in office can pre pare. rich burrows for themselves in the settlements, Jay up hoards of loot in the foreign banks and and Meek forward to a pleasant life of ease and conspiracy under the shadow of foreign gunboats when an outraged people will no
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