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(Continued from Page 363.) tion which had made it impossible for any single Power to negotiate a treaty or other agree-_ ment until some central organ existed with authority from all} factions and regions to negotiate such treaties and agreements, we should feel vastly relieved. If} all the regional Governments had taken the stand a year ago, for instance, that no bargain' that had not been submitted to them would be recognized, the Chen-O'Malley agreement would probably never have been consummated, in spite of the fact] that it was probably to the taste of all factions; for the time lost in obtaining concurrence would have been sufficient to prove, even to the British Foreign Office, that the party of the other part was actually one Borodin, representing faithfully the U.S. S.R. in the business of wrecking; China, Side by side with Dr.
Wu's statement China Daily News" yesterday we published a London cablegram reporting Sir Austen Chamber-Min's evasive reply to a question in the House about the negoti for the rendition of Tien-Tt may not be believed, but} is quite possible, that the "Nanking" regime would with' some justice protest against an agreement for the surrender of the control of the British Concession in Tientsin to the Fens tien authorities. If Fengtien were to take over Tientsin squeeze the community judice ously, instead of extinguishing'
commercial life as the "Nationalists" did in Hankow, they clit extract very substantial] sums from the community, particularly from the big colony of wealthy official property owners, which would be very useful indeed to their armies. This would not suit Nanking's purpose at! all. nor would it be pleasing to' redder regimes elsewhere, so we! feel fairly certain that, if Nanking means to stand by Dr. Wu's! statement, the Tientsin agi ment will not be signed while] Chang Tso-lin holds Chihli. We! sincerely hope, therefore, that Nanking hast a fashion which all the greater and lesser regional Governments will hasten to, emulate.
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