The Archive · 1928

UNEQUAL TREATIES

An Improbable Account of an Improbable Meeting of the Diplomatic Body ings In Na Cance tothe: wort this and other "militarist" centres] op ctnpype miter teNcsanner of Eugene Chen, [to the several "Nationalist" head ence, eave met to-day JIS have therefore selted Chiang quarters. Scores of these broke] our Rncllence, we are itshek aethe mont powerful figure [away from their new afliatons The revert sinian to GE, ow sche in Nationale, Chinn and the ete ce own eria eft, it thee Has swept the Fengtien forces from the fel, ettlement, that they enthusiasm for Nationalism wax And where we are tis dificult Ca so: Will be the settlement mn [fear me we are up against it hard. Aletate to him, Tone se they could" not come 'The genius of men like Chiang Kai-shek, a ngs the. aherenceto back oF arrange the adherence tol back oF because the eeause the atmosphere wat 'Their aacpline, 0 ely enforced, The reckless bravery of Nanking' trove Chiang Kat-shek of the Manchurian congenial and with Withal, the gentle temper of the men, eimerenticonn eter tate GGT Seay ave fiat cen seeking northern military] Peking, there are great numbers of For us, unsympathetic, Mifaneess He hows that his Naw- these "moh coming back fairly] A Durtoata. kate that bla Nem teste cam onan the Cantonese 4th Army and the old days when one the Na gent a boy on a two-year whaling) iota training, i patchwork of Ary lith proac cruise in a square-rigged ship. he Good sir, T bose you do not pretty" bid. material and. thatthe Very often came back brutalized hut Vwas about say, regarding that Wile organization is reaked with tough ax whipcord physically. The} There was a trifling check at Tsinanfu Connmunismethe bette the ani the adventure that cur returning jonier And gallantly the Japanese behaved, redderitis likely tobe. He ix aware officials have been through seems to Yet failed to match the Southern tothe io mach for have had a somewhat similar effect.

1 lo create an incident, Prom the old-fashioned Chinese point 'The ventral organ of the Kuo-Mrectalang in political conspiracy unsond of its troops, fof view, concerned with "face" and} semblance of defeat, mining, and therefore othe the proprieties, they are completely' itinaligt oxime are noe dominate demoralized, but spiritually they are We are very sorry for them. yada eho re oran loser Sint caser te Benga so that Chiang, if he in nat to find himself very 'The point we must consider now is this, Monty taking enters from. Kuo: wey anaaters Nanking' demands Uraneguat Treaties shall tnintagy completely denninated by 5 He abrogated now. Can we deny rie terme hima Where the Real Juat and reascable a request? personal] Any mention of the sla That China is now unified we know, Central], ANY mention That i is governed, firmly, wisely, well, Political ounell and the, the com-1 this is eyewash for youn <emtal] Ercan smile; and ome earns that tes peopl, lya, pronperoi content paratively fnsignifieant *Goveen- it, te Kuomintang, they White ax to foreign rights and property fe also Know. So wherefore hesitate?

will mot are to inno him] i2" as nearly dead as.a fountain We have the firm assurance of Nanking his disadvantage or distaste Suthority ax it was given the Sovi they will Be p having them ignored.

Aaente took i over and rejuvenate nly need remind ind Chiang has latterly "The central organs of the party Where tralian riven much face to the northern Avivo their power und. wathority] A Tyesoatar:

Waders in hix own army, cemented with Yen' Tsi-shan, Chi Isich-yuan's adherence, from Uh new milerists, whose Strength: may he gauge by thole Tepresentation on these bodies Kpatunt. Jo we pense pas, leading men had to go into hiding to escape from the demands of thes same soldiers. But when, the Ji panese came in and shooed out the whole gang of soldiers, these youns. friends of mine came out of re-rament and back to their business,—to talk of this shameful infrinj tment of China's sovereignty!"

And now we soe them heroically refusing what they have openly de "Vorsthe scheme nit_forth proponsn a Coinose Mayor, 2. Coun: Ei'wwhich is predominantly Chinese fectly feasible proposition. They which ey a kos 8 per hat they banat. accept i" fron foreign ands and. there. no by the guarantee of protection from a rat ern foreign Powers, most notably Japan, This makes a fine showing patriotism and doubtless will make good Impression on their comrades says in substance that they will cheerfully wait and accept what their own (Nanking) Government gives them, But 1 Know them too well to take this statement at ity fall value. Their real reason is fear and district of what may happen to. them when nee the arm of the protesting for eigners ix withdrawn, They are Tearful, ad not without reason, that soot as foreign (roope ate wit drawn the nearest. military' own on thatn ake Nimelt the name hin the past, rancor ey have One Noble Figure tone really: noble ful that stands out head and shoulders above all others is Governor Chuo By all rates and precedents we Chuo should have faded away al once when it became known at the power of Ching Chung-lat, Unraugh the now reaching pears to haw to the will of be} Bears 10 the Ge the overwhelmingly Ceniral Political Council, Yet us 295 Set 4th Bengt tet arara' the xenia. of two ry leaders have] been instructed ly combine against Meanwhile General Pei Chung-bstl yirn and as, he ix outvoled in Hunanese with a Uitte" corps of ere with 50,000 arly all) deliberative huely he knows that h 'oF elveckimated inthe Kuanjsi men to ensure ix awn]

Ta: Pesanent (shocked to the 1 beg your pardon, Move T heard ai Transfer Legations hence from Caml To Nanking's desecrated soil? No, Nor never while I'm here as Minister. Such business ax we may have to transact Affairs of greater mor By Chinese Statesmen weal yo da Uhat tain, wae every, one that departure wan Hublely announced in ano the nade no move at all, but continued steadfastly at his post. No one who Knows Goversor Chao would dare ta intimate Uhat fice: he In Sout ly public opinion or lacking in finest feelings of delicacy and nately, and no one needs to be told] The advantage of A patriotism, He is alto -perteat that General Pei ix doing Yome very military pol Excellency, may T here suggest, aware of what may happen to him strenuous advertising, making the must dramstic appeals to the radical 14 that the new militarists are not 20 Ax some Indu ikely to resort 0 arms, sit alone these 0 when and if. Nationalist comes and him, There wax every wah her. Lits Cavaurs} central bodies ailvertine their relative personal reason for his. departure i-imperialist propaganda, student honour, He will be demonstrations, Tabour -agitations assailed by the fervent Nal worshipping and weeping at_ the for having master's grave, the recitation of the excellent idea, one Td "ill" un every as sible aceaxion and Save that the yas ix, wil think sygain—Governor Chao's the exaltation of the Three Prine Intexrally a part of Taree Which they can keep taining in charge in the amy thine ciples He follows disereded Red] instruct opiam and devotion interests. These Uhat hay "prevented fran ties that, of ike 10 forget, with a persistence: 5 s wer to the South twenty- of Tsingtao, ile for inw Ube groups through wh dozen occasions since, when we wore Japanese ce {approve that means. somer four hours and there have been a} or any all expensively voi many Chinese are

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