Communist influence in China has Men making steady headway in the past two or three years. Partly foiled in its endeavour to carry its propaganda Westward the Russi Soviet has been giving particular attention to China and the Far East, has for the time being captured the Government of Mongolia and its emissaries have been closely in lea-que with some of the leaders of the Ansurrectionary life of China. Infinmmatory literature aimed at Western Governments, at accepted codes of muorality, and' modern commerce and religion have been distributed by the million to young students and others in China, and its pernicious influence has helped Awell the volume of passion which is behind the present insurgence. It is for this reason that the outbreak in Shanghai, Peking, Canton and elsewhere has bee directed Christian Missions as well foreign influence generall combination then of a strike a Tapanese employers made possible because of the deplorable labour conditions which press upon the Chinese worker generally in the large ports of China, together with practical British rule under the Government of Shanghgai, has given occa-ion for an anti-foreign campaign in''practically all the treaty ports of China as well as Peking.
If all this represented the attitude of China as a whole, the outlook would be tragically deplorable. most certainly, however, does nat. Desperately bad leadership, shortsighted diplomacy, venality in public offices, civil conflict in the Army, indiscipline in education—all these eave the mass of Chi or less untouched.
Chinese is still peace and goodwill, normally void of natural antagonism, anxious to Hive in quiet and to go about his business, Even the student community is not truly represented by the foolish hatred and frenzy of the noisy minority who are working such AIL for their country and who are shut a fraction of the hard working scholars of China, And within that monty are many led away without reason whose bot by see tion of a good cause gone astray and good intentions turned to ill-effect, he strong and good government of China for which her youth is clam—ouring is the desire of all enlightened poople, ast and West-Ail that is worthy in the programme "for which the students are now rioting could be secured by good government in China within a generation. Whilst misdirected patriotis@ funs in the channels of unnetricted, pamlon nothing, China or for China.., Riats, are the sign of bad, government and. can never help. If the good that lies behind it all can be: controlied and.
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