There is never failing interest in watching the advent of new words {into a language. The South African War gave us the word "commandeer." The late war has fixed firmly in English use the word "camouflage," which appealed frst by its somehow comical sound and has since justified itself by ite Obvious usefulness. And motoring, the cinema (which, by the way, even the most hidebound purist no longer attempts to pronounce "kineema"") and wireless telephony have brought in either new words or new significances of old words. In recent years a vigorous attempt was inde to shorten the undoubtedly clumsy "extraterritoriality" into "extrality." The late Rev. G. G. Warren of Changsha was much in favour of the latter, but it never really caught on." Now comes Pather q'Elia with "The Triple Demism" for the quite incorrect "Three People's Principles" and Dr. ing that Father delia weakens case by having to use two word But we think Father delia invents "demise" as useful to denote certain ideas in all countries that are quite distinct from "democracy" and thus only adds "triple" to show the special application to China, Dr. Ferguson's word has the advantage of fairly obvious connexion with China and ig easily justified on the analogy of Confucianism and Men-clanism. But on the whole one would rather vote for "Sunwenism" being easier for people to remember. "Sunyatsenism" means, think, the mental attitude ar the cult of followers of Sun Yat-sen and, any case, like Sunwenism, gets rather far uway from the original "San Min Chu 1." What are we to decide?
The Art of Criticism We have been so frequently: upbraided in respect of dramatic and other critieiam that even at the risk of incurring further displeasure we advert to the mode of century ago. This has a distinct appeal not only on the score of that. brevity' which is the soul of wit, but Itkewise because it rings true. To note from the "Evening Standard" of February 12 and 17, 1828:—
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