Most of the sympathy that lavished upon China's "legitimate aspirations" is born of ignorance of the nature of thew aspirations. 'There are always foreigners among us, however, who understand the fealing behind anti-foreignism and yet sympathize with it. They. say: "This ig their country, #0. why shouldn't they do what' facy ike with it? If they want to make a moss of things and we don't like it, we should get out. If they enjoy going to ruin in their own way and they find our presence embartrisding, they havea right to put us out."
With this attitude very few of us would agree, If the Chinese were:
mere handful of folk wae lacked the ability to give themselves good government, if they were occupying and abusing some remote valley in Central that would not contribute much to the world's wealth or happiness at best, the world gould afford to aay: "Let them amuse themselvag it. their win way, They haven't mabity plggwmras, and thay enjoy ruining theaneion and rendering their little cour unproductive, theists is the loss, not ours. If they resent our presence as witnesses, the most considerate thing to do would be to get out." It is almost impossible to take this attitude towards China.
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