Suly 23.
Reavers of the survey of the Chinese Press which we publish every Thursday cannot but be struck by the pungency and acuteness of the views expressed. In the treatrzent of news Chinese journalists have still much to learn. Their comments, however, leave little to be desired. And going from the general to the particular, one is impressed by the utter scepticism and disgust with which the best Chinese papers regard the present struggle for Peking. This is not a fight for the nation or even for a section of the Chinese people, they say, it is a nameless and shameless struggle among militarists for self-aggrandizement. Whichever wins or loses will make little, if any difference to the ultimate result. No one will suffer much except the Chinese people, who always pay. Both parties of policians are far too firmly entrenched to be dispossessed. No one is ever punished. Liang Shih-yi "was condemned in open trial, yet goes scatheless. Chang Hsun tried to turn the State upside down and restore the monarchy
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.