From a practical point of view we tigated by Soviet agents, have should realize that the half of China rashly committed them. with which we are predominantly The paper declares that the events Concerned is already under a single of the past week have fully justified authority and that in a sense the the despatch of troops, and expresses way is cleared for settlement with regret that necessary for Sir 2 single effective Government, says obeSimon ole such the Manchester adrian" in the rebuke to the majority of course of an editorial article: but bao B tar fz the manner in which it has happene Sceasion and precaim "their allure scale, Let Uoate dete han eaaee cebetetiene coco more si thay infor The paper ays jon, Mar. 28. tite ts cooerament hat the Government, shot erencatsjed if a demand for withdrawal should "Scone|th&'A deadlock fs ikely toe reach, To say the least, remarks _the "Times" in its leading article, it is not likely that further successes will] inspire the Southern Government} with unwonted moderation, Their methods have now been! sufficiently exposed for all but the wilfully blind to understand them and to realize that the British Government was the first to foresee the Fecent developments and take the necessary. steps to defend its nationals wherever possible from the!
The allusion to Sir John Simon subjects in, China fs to a speech made by him during the week-end a Cleckheaton, in which he solemnly proclaimed hi: self profoundly grateful to the Got ernment for its prompt action in the troops for negotiations for it may be taken made as a preliminary: for certain that the foreign troops will not be withdrawn until the Cane tonese have not merely assumed formal responsibility for maintaining order but given effective evidence of their capacity to enforce it, Never sending troops to China.
Sir John] theless it would be a grave misforadded that "it is the duty of every politician tune if recent events are allowed to whatever his party to|di rert the main lines of the policy Take at this moment a perfectly definite declaration such as I have just made." hitherto so admirably maintained by the British Foreign Office, says the Journal in conclusion—Reuter.
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