And where is the nation that is wholly free? and how can anyone call himself @ patriot who seeing. these insidious enemies within his own country does not expose and' denounce them, Now it is obvious that all this has special applicability to this time of crisis, We are friends of China and speak as such. If we entertained any enmity towards T hope we should restrain silent at such speak for the moment, not as foreigners, anxious that our own nationals should meet with commercial prosperity—although we are by no means indiffercent to that aspect of the case. We speak as representing those. who have given the best years of their life that good may come to China. We would fain imitate the spirit of Jesus when he mourned over:
Jerusalem because of her tragic ignoring of the "things which' belonged to her peace." Speaking. then as friends of China we cannot) escape one conelusi that strikers, boycotters, demonstrators and agita: tors have not only caused untold loss suffering to other people, but they have struck a blow at the heart of their own country. They are destroying themselves.
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