Troops'at Kashing Attention: may be called to our Kashing correspordent's report today "on the arrival "of advance rds of the 43th-army in that city. They immediately set to work select foreign dwellings for the Dilleting of soldiers, the hospital, fichool, and church compound of the Southern Presbyterian Mission, the Notth Gate ehitreh and the Girls School compound all. being thus marked. This is: dead-against the policy and "instructions of the Nationalist Government. In an interview with a representative of this paper on March 4, General Chiang Kai-shek Laid great emphasis on the necessity of training Nationalist soldiers to behave well: "they must love the people wherever they 0,"
said and. presumably he meant foreigners as well 23 Chinese. On March 10 Marshal Feng Yuchsiang issued an army order in which the following appears: ordered that wherever our iit following remarkable piece of imaginative reporting 'A. Chinese liliand last night eaten' that sir Mies Lampson accompanied' by. Si Sidney Barton, -H. B.S, Conutl-General Shanghai arrived in" Nanking on Monday. They were received with full honours honour com yan Stlcial" welcome "at Central. Kaomain-Fane, Headquarters of the. Nationaliat the Military " Council 2 Headquarters. It is moral Chiang" Kal Sir Miles Biles i to on boards British ware ship while Sir Sidney is residing one of the big houses in Hsiakwan.
Stle patio teen Our contemporary in Hankow sei five heart alvecly hat ihe ele is message is pure imagination, The proprantae' coe om bide prpeelbar pry poor sivertced ithe Chess Papers Shanghai at the beginning of last eke But that et on tea Wo think we remember similar orders from Nawking, which, in any would not "wish to be behind Feng in. such a matter. Now is the time for giving reality to these instructions, "Our Kashing correspondent says that an appeal has been sent to Hangchow and we oather that occupation has not actually taken place yet. Prevention is better than cure, The Amoy Affair The boycott movement against the Sapaness'in Amoy which is affecting all foreigners there: and must result an. economic loss to the Chinese merchants, comes at a most. unfortunate time, when the" Nationalist Government is restoring cordial reations between the provinces of Southern Ching, andthe foreign Powers. The-'paetlenlar incidents which gave rise: t¢,}ghis popular Antagonism to a' foreign Power are "it Aremalveynot-ae-important as thatthe Chinese again resort. to methods of solving outstanding questions "between themselves and, the Powers by rowdyism agenda, -intimidation and all. the weapons of the masses, which have Gone so rhuch harm in the past. Tt must be assumed, by Chinese and foreigners alike, that with the best intentions on all sides, there is bound to be disagreement from time to time and that incidents must. inevitably occur which will give rise and to misunderstand ing, But such incidents, if handled calm, judicious manner by the constituted authorities of the Chin-fete and the representatives of the Power concerned, will probably be minimized to their proper position in the general relationship between China and the particular Powe tand if the right is on China's side, the present temper of world opinion, China will not find any of the Powers willing to take advantage or unwilling to meet her demands halfway. But a resort to mass movements, to strikes, boycotts, the destruction of trade, the use of opprobrious slogans, only has the effect of delaying settlement, of stirring up ill-will abroad and of forcing the Powers concerned to adopt a stiffer attitude than would have been the case had there been proper and peaceful negotiation. One need only Point to one analogy to show how ridiculous the thing may becom Suppose every time "Big Bill" Thompson, the Mayor of Chicago, Tet loose his normal tirade against the British Empire, the people of London rose and boycotted American goods and Americans in England. What would Anglo-American re tions be? One smiles at these things and lets them pass as the inevitable result of freedom of speech, when even fools are not forced to curb their tongues. China might Team much from' that attitude. What China needs now most of all is peace and friendly relations with all the world so that there may be a speedier rehabilitation of the pro-Vinees, Boycotts will not accom-lish this, Passionate Wishes
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