Amona the last words of Sun Yat-sen was a charge to his followers to continue his policy land especially to work for the abolition of the "unequal treaties" concluded between Chit land the Western Powers. We Imay accord to the great agitator this tribute that he died as he fuad lived, The ruling passion was strong in th, We have often criticized Dr. Sun, but we admired his sincerity and admitted the legitimacy of his aims though we were often com pel to dissent very strongly from the methods by which hw hoped to attain those aims. The the verge of so being.
Wu Pei- revision of the treaties made be-fu fu holds Chekiang, Hupeh, and holds Chekiang: Hupeh, trid tween China and foreign Powers ieee ie one 18,4 perfectly legitimate aim for rate Serena teen ten Chang caueated, Chinese) to have view, but the methods adopted Tso-lin and Feng Vu-hsiang will to attain that end may be the Ltd sg Agilent ing i eat it. wel Crees soree means to postpone or de-China, 'That means another war, A treaty is simply a bargain 8 your from now. What is the An agreement concluded be-use of it all? What comes of it? tween two nations which, in the veldin Chine' polo chest: call themes ists, call themselves "the hig! in Shanghai, It may be that|contracting parties."
Such an Shanghai is unduly pessimistic|engagement is not lightly enter-snd Peking a an ostrich hiding|ed into and cannot be abrogated its head in the sand, Prophecy with a wave of the hand, The is proverbially futile in China.|negotiation or revision of a The most, omialous war clouda|treaty ts undertaken with much roll away at the last moment and|celiberation vy men who war itself often bursts from ajtrained in the usages of seemingly clear sky. But while/national intercourse.
Every we hang cee two gies almost every word, of the fainties, have the people scrutinized, China nothing to say? by both sides, with meticulous The last war should have been care and every effort is made to 4 lesson to the Chinese people on of mutual how horrible these invasions of ry uniformed bandits can be. The} ions may proceed-amicabrailway system of the country|ly towards the desired end, has been brought within an ace|For this reason the negotiations of ruin, Trade and commerce re usually conducted In privacy ceased.
Illegal taxation has|aMd are shielded, as much as brought on the masses dire dis. [Aerie eulntoree Chan tress, The usual processes of ism until the completed draft is government have broken down.|!#id upon the tables of the legia-Crops have been trampled on an the fields left untilled. Famine, tries concerned. Then the con-bunger, poverty stalk through. tents of the document are public property, are "pen to discussion the land. What for? To pave inthe way for another war between and the' ratification, or. otherwise, of the document is decided Chang Tso-lin and Feng Yuhsiang, to pave the way for still upon. another war between the victor!
Contrast this procedure with and Wa Pei-fu and perhaps later what may very possibly be ad-between that victor and Tang] opted if the younger men of the Chi-yao? In all countries Kuomintang decide to agitate to give their poss for the denunciation of the and their lives for their national reaties, There will be process security. But what security, \sions of students. some-of them what benefit can come of such under the age of the youthful wars, of such victories, of such mill-workers who are to be de-vindictive selfishness? prived of the right to toil if 0 If the Chinese people really; certain municipal by-law is have any spirit in them, this Passed. There will be "fag: war is not inevitable. We have ad banners waving high,' Weled of Ginat the merchests'ava. St4mp speeches and much abuse students can do, we have heard Of "capit ie nations' sre soteet against foreign tne(sreedy Powers."
All of which terference, we have been told that Will not advance the cause the we have been told that! ardent enthusiasts have at heart, {the Chinese people abject to him.'China in the eyes of the world. the Chinese people object to him.'put, may do much to discredit challenge to the Chinese people. It is fashionable with. certain The issue is put before them orators to describe the treaties clearly as possible, If war a® having been "forced upon breaks out, it will be a personal, China." History, however, giver War involving no national ques-/ot a shadow of evidence that tion. In the distance, behind the the Chin chief actors, is: the old battle for treaties had the least impro Stheres of influence and. the that the provisions thereof were Scion of concessions in derogatory to China's honour. Rfanchuria and Mongolia, Who-iTheit only objection was that ever is victorious, China_loses., they had to make any treaty of Whoever seine the Gay Chiea's'any kind with the hated for sirekcignty and. independence eigner. They did not want hin Cannot the trade, his religion nor his pre-Elders of the country do some. sence. They wanted nothing at {hing to stop war' before vit all to do with him and if he Trier' cannot the people of Would but heve consented to China nerve themselves to say to Femove himself into the outer Gene Hgntingcocks "that thole. obsewrity whence he had come. see nal eulonsles and ambitions they Would have been delighted Shall not be allowed to ruin their|As € the provisions complained fellow-countrymen and to bring' f that by which extraterritorial 4
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