talion -Minister's Friendly Advice: Sir Austen Chamberlain's Policy a Satisfactory Solution of Treaty Difficulties Daniele Vare, the Italian Minister, delivered the following speech Before a gathering of Italian, Chinese, and foreign offcials:—Twish to express my sincere hanks for the kindness with which I have been received in Tientsi ike an old friend welcomed back after a long absence. The occasion justifies a speech, and in these Gays it is easy for a foreign Aiplomat in China to make speeches rand difficult to do anything elie.
In spite of her harassing political situation, the general consensus of opinion abroad is favourable to China. Foreigners, in their own Interest, would be' willing to. tribute to the stabilization of country. Chinese, no less than foreign statesmen, recognize and deplore the principal difficulty towards giving Young China effect foreign support, It multiplicity of her governments, most of them unstable and all given to quarrelling among the selves. This is not a formed ficulty, but a practical one. Tt is ficient to accomplish a journey into the inteplor—to navigate the Nangtzo, for example, aa I did last autumn, through the gorges og far Chungking to ree how restricted is the sphere of action of each Chinese Government.
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