The truth of the matter is that there is not and has not been civil war in China since Yuan Shih-kai died. There has been a scramble for jobs by individuals backed by military force. There has been a coalescing among individuals for the purpose of gain. There has been an impediment of progress for selGsh motives. There as been a jockeying for foreign support for spoils. There has been an impairment of Chinese sovereignty for money. There has been a writing of indecent treaties for riches. But there has been no civil war. China is at peace. The people of China are following their peaceful vocations. There is more quiet and order, more work done and less fighting in China to-day than in almost any other part of the world. China is more respected to-day by the Western nations than she has ever been. China slowly moving into a position where she will be able to evolve into a modern state without the convulsions generally associated with the word revolution. Let us stop talking about things that do not exist and push on to a better China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.