The position created by the French Minister's resignation from the Diplomatic Commi sion to treat on the Shanghai affair ig by no means easy to gauge. All sorts of sensational stories are current, of which we [crea would have been, surroundings. Yet' more en-
given to agitators to believe that everything is to be won by violence. To that danger we believe that sober-minded Chi nese are every Dit as muc awake as foreigners. The recent articles in the "North China Daily News" pressing for a judicial inquiry have brought us many expressions of warm would venture to say that the! approval both from Chinese and! are nie" Starters ritton'ent hitch in the negotiations, we foreigners; and with the pres-all. M, de Martel statement given to our Peking. venture to think that a way is correspondent and printed in now open for such an inquiry. our Saturday's issue gives one It might take a little longer definite point as the cause of than the processes of diplo-his Excellency's divergence of macy; but we are convinced opinion from his colleagues and that the outcome would be far his belief that negotiations} Imore satisfactory both to Chi-point decided. The corol-could not proceed until that, nese and foreigners.
'There is a further considerlary, that there was also a difation, A settlement now by ference' of opinion between diplomatic negotiation might Comte de Martel and the rest bring back th to of the Diplomatic Body on how mills and other industry; but the Shanghai affair should be|Whst assurance is there ti treated, is inevitable. Beyond would end the shippin this it" is unnecessary to go.
For that is controlled from, The assumption that a wedge Canton and brings us into a to-has been driven into the Diplo-tally different set of issues. We matic Body is more apparent may accept the workings of a than real. The affair of May 30 national spirit as the prime facis only: one item in the whole for in respect of May 30. But. question! of foreign and Chinese Jat Canton we have Bolshevism relationships, and while the pure and simple, open war by, Comte de Martel may hold sepa-Moscow and its' dupes on the on that particular] British Empire; and it would issue; we cannot for a moment seem inevitable that Great Brit-Delieve that either he or his ain will have to accept the chi Government desires to break the lenge and boldly announce her concord of the Washington determination to smash her as-'Treaty Powers, based ab it is jail ants, whatever attitude any on genuine solicitude for the, other country may take. In welfare of China as a whole.
Shanghai she is not the only in-To be just to the Chinese, we terested Power, though obvious-do not think they will seck to} ly the most interested: and in make capital out of the Comte] respect of May 30 she stands de Martel's resignation, as we! with the others, openly and sin-Delleve. that" they are now as] cerely. anxious that justice shall anxious as: foreigners can be done. But in South China that: the present unhappy imshe stands practically alone; yet broglio should be ended as not really so in the long run. quickly as possible. because her quarrel to-day may become China's to-morrow and.
It is proverbially easy to be in' meeting the Bolshevists wise after the event. In the boldly and vigorously she will light of recent events, the poli-be doing inestimable service to ey of sending a diplomatic dele-all the Chinese people. gation to Shanghai and of open"
negotiations in Peking abundantly liable to criticism.
Tuesday, July 14, There is no need to uso the hard words that the
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