We have at the present day a country which after the Revolution fof 1911 became a republic instead of Jo monarchy. Far from being ultra-_ Conservative, China is now a fruitful soit for the seeds of Radi-[calism and even Socialism (though here Dr, Stubbs added that it was not fair to attribute the present day troubles to the Soviet of Russia) One significant change is that the student classes who formerly despised the profession of a soldier are now advocating some kind of mili tary training for every men. Not, however, that they want the country to be dominated by the Wag-Lords, and there is still a stron feeling against the military as posed to civil rule. For instance there are many cases of illocal taxation and public funds being wrongly diverted into military channels, so much so that owing to lack of money for eduestion Peking University was {for some time unable to open its doors, We are now faced with an entirely new China, whose altered [psychology it is most essential for us to understand, That accomplished, we niust act, in the right way and at the right moment, A policy of laissez-faire would be most undesirable. The speaker had heard (he hoped the accusation was un-the British nation criticized fas "heving a tremendous faculty for Fight thing just w little reignism One great factor with which we particularly in is this great city residents and million Chinese and yet the latter have practically no Voice in municipal and connell. matters. They! feel, not unnaturally that they are treated as an inferior race." Th? unequal treaties too are another cause of this anti-foreign feeling, the Chinese are aggrieved that the privileges enjoyed by foreigners {in Ctina are not reciprocal. They brutal race who cep only underlive an idea that the British are fan increase of nearly 10 per cent. to the Air Force at 3 per cent. below Tnst year's cost, while proof of the efficiency of the air command was shown at Iraq, where the defence expenditure in 1921 was over £20,- 000,000, whereas it was now a tenth of that.
Loti The House of Commons " to-d:
by 225 votes to 112 the Ai Captain Garro-Jones (Liberal) lurged the disarmament of aerial forces, He mentioned that pilotless aeroplanes had been developed inj the United States capable. of con. veying explosives 35 miles and dropping them. Supposing a con-Linental Power developed them cap: able of flying a distance of 100 miles} and built 10,000 such machines—What would save our cities?"
Sir Phillip Sassoon, Under-Secretary of State for Ait, stressed the The British was governed, firstly, by} the urgent calls of the Empire for aerial transport; and secondly, by the imperative need for protecting vital centre of the Empire.
When the programme was con. pleted, he declared, Britain would reest air force in ould not, justice to the Dominions and to her safety, act alone or take the initiative" i disarmament.—
Reuter.
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