The Archive · 1926

Key of the Situation

The "Morning Post" in an editorial article on the "Chinese Embroilment" says that hitherto "we have Jeoncerned ourselves a good deal too much with that diplomatic fiction supposed Government at Peking, but the time seems to be riving when we must face realities or perish. General Chiang Kai shek's force is an implacable enemy of British trade but it must. also bbe an enemy of the governing forces of the Yangtze Valley. Whether} these forces will be strong enough to repel it if left to themselves is question. which ought to be considered. There is also possibility of joint action, which may be forced upon the foreign Powers in China, and the further. consideration that British power in China has always been naval. By intelligent use of our naysl power at Canton wel

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