Mar. 5, The phase through which the Kuomintang are now going, as described in Mr. Sokolsky's very interesting article on another page, is not unnatural viewed inthe light of recent events. Until quite lately the party was dominated by the wildest of wild men, The evil they did to China Jat home and abroad is now generally recognized; and it is hardly surprising if the Kuomintang, [genuinely anxious to rehabilitate prestige abroad, swing over too far in the other direction. They have already given tangible proof of their wish to stand well: with the Powers and to deserve the name of a responsible go ernment; and one cannot blame them if, in their desire to get rid of the rubbish and worse of ithe past, they temporarily lose their grip also on some of the things which are essential to the party. If they are now allying themselves with certain Northern mandarins, this is no: more than to carry out the tenets of the party programme which aims fat the ultimate: inclusion of all Chinese. The only thing to make sure of is that the essentials of the programme, which have captured the imagination of so many thinking Chinese, "incult no feather"—at least no essen-
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