Apr. 7.
To apply Disraeli's overworked phrase, China to-day seems to be inebriated with the exuberance of its own verbosity. If it stops short at this condition of inebriation there may be no great harm done, but unfortunately the times are not in the least favourable to moderation even in such a slight degree. The preaching of Bolshevism and anti-religious sentiments st a moment when the troops in contending camps are preparing to deploy into battle
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