Apr. 18.
Ly the turmoil and hwry of our local affairs which, if of parol chial importance only, yet concern us most intimately, just as a mote in our own eyes inconveniences us more than a beam in our neigh-hour's, we may be permitted to turn for a moment to consider the startling fact that we are now living, not in one Chinese Republic, but in two. The inauguration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen at Canton as President of the Southern Republic is an event of sufficient importance to have attracted worldwide attention had the world been less distracted than at the moment itis. But if we, who are sojourners in this land, may be excused for paying little heed to the drama being enacted in the South, what can be the reason for the little interest shown by the Chinese in an affair which so deeply concerns them, or should so deeply concern them, as a nation? An incident in our own national history may perhaps explain their apathy. When Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland in 1306 his Queen said, in reply to the congratulations offered to her, '"'Alas! we are only like children playing at being King and Queen of the
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