'The past two or three days' news: of Marshal Chang Tso-lin's movements and intentions ix of the greatest interest. Although all information on the subject so far has reached us only from one source there appears no reason for doubting it. Briefly Marshal Chang has put himself at the head of "Tranquillity Restoration Arm; with the support of all North generals including Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, to a campaign actively the Southerners. Remi; past criticism, Chang announces that the be interesting to all Scots. There' are, we learn, already 4,000 memo bers of the movement, and that is 'a moderate nucleus in' a population' of five millions odd, but we should very much like to know what it iz composed of. There is certainly demand in some quarters for a Scottish Parliament to deal with Scottish affairs, erally allotted the year so far as the House of Comimons is concerned. But do the Scots want mot One rather' caustic critic of British polities sai about 20 years ago that the Scottish constituencies were always prepared to elect a preponderance of Liberal members to Parliament because they' chiefly devoted their efforts to England, but were they to apply} the same " measures to Scotland, there would be an outery. There is, however, a further signification to this Scottish National Movement.
Naturally the best Scottish Inwyers tion; all go to the more fruitful fieldy in England—either they become English barristers or practise at the bar of the House of Lords—and there is a considerable balance of advocates we would very much like to sce 'a separate Parliament in Edinburgh, as it would mean a very much larger number of lucrative official posi tions than are at present available for them. Wo have every rawson to believe that these help to swell the membership of such a movement as this, while at the same time we fancy that the average Scotsman desires nothing less than an increase in the number of officials in his country. That, however, is not the main point against the movement, Tt is an obvious ease that the Scotsman has got to get out of h own country if ever he is to make the fortune he wants, and that England is the first' and most adjacent country he turns to. China and the others come later, and
of results, frequently are not nearly so fruitful among the peo purpose is to are harmful to the nation." men will be called "to establish a really lawful Republic." Part of the scheme is the formation of what aight perhaps be called war Cabinet, ard the general cx-
The Position in Hankow The last two days' news fro:
Hankow contains three items whi if correct, are important: (1) That the general strike failed because the employees of foreigners were unwilling to come out; (2) that Chinese merchants held a meeting and forced the pickets to be with-pectation is that a few days more ywn under threat of generally' will soe Marchal Chang proclaimed ies of reaching importance. The most ident deduction is that the in view of the meteo prospects both abroad and at home.
In the long run, the world is very far from thinking of the Chinese as an unreasonable race. The spirit of compromise, traditionally dear to the British people, is equally revered Chinese. We have hopes that the long reign of prejudice and irrational violence may be drawing to a close. If and when it does, as we have again and again emphasized, China will certainly not find the foreigner backward in meeting her half-way. closing their shops; (3) that the meeting to establish a "Society for the Overthrow of British" proved a fiasco, 0} tothe intense opposition of Chinese busi ness circles. Now if these report are' not over-optimistic (and mean no disrespect to the corre: pondent), they surely imply that Red. propaganda is begining to recoil upon itself and that th: respectable classes of business and working Chinese have waken up to tke fact that they have been made! a eatspaw and decline to act in that leapacity. Nothing could be more hopeful. So often have we heard that the majority have no sympathy for strikes and boycotts but are afraid to stand out, as not altogether unnaturally. With a sufficient force expressing itself on the side of moderation, the outlook grows tighter all round. We emphasize foreigners recognize readily that China has claims which they are ready to meet, but there can be no discussion of them in an atmosphere of spoliation and violence. These! merely hurt China's case and lead to fresh bitterness. If the points fat issue can be discussed quietly, there is no doubt whatever of an amicable solution being reached. But it is essential that the situation [should not be at the mercy of the extremists, who, as it evidently begins tobe realized in Hankow, are as inimical to Chinese interests as to anyone's,
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