It may be added that there is no misconception at to Russias attitude and intentions which are aimed at. ousting us from China. On this we
ce. It is a little surprising smile ea. unofficial that the Labour Party here is still attacking everything British in the Far East on the ground that it is [Imperialist and Capitalist. What the British in the Far East most do without delay is to organize such a Propaganda campaign that will spread from one end of this country ts the other and will ay stress upon the value to this country of Far Eastern Trade, It never occurs to Labour to ask itself what, would happen to the Lancashire and Yorkshire cotton trade ifthe cause offered the so called Capitalist, and every Briton in the Far East is' Capitalist, in Labour eyes.
This autumn, therefore will be pregnant with very grave. por. ibilities. Quite apart from th: Developments at Hongkong. which are serious enough, though the Papers here never seem to deal with them very thoroughly, there are many other International aspects of the Chinese problem that trouble may arise under any of them. In the meantime China is not apparent.
attending. the Advisory. Council on Opium, but is going to the League of Nations Assembly, and you can take it that there, the question of the Revision of Treaties with China will be officially raised. If there fre any sudden developments, the British' public will be taken quite by surprise because it is not being apparently' well informed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.