July 21.
IN our Diamond Jubilee supplement there was an acute article by Dr. Wang Chen-ting on "Whether representative government in China is possible." There is no) one who is better qualified to dis-} cuss this question than Dr. Wang. He was a democrat in the days when China was by no means safe place for democracy. He has seen the realization of hopes that once seemed as insubstantial as. the fabric of a dream.' When Aaron was excusing himself to his brother Moses for leading the people of Israel into idolatry -he explained that the multitude brought to him their earrings and ornaments of gold and he cast) them into the fire "and behold, there came out this calf". Who' could. have foreseen that this would have been the result of. such a simple action? So Dr.
Wang and his friends, 14 years ago, cast their lives and their fortunes into the revolution and, be-
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