The identity of the writer who signs himself "0. C. W.," writing as he does from Canton, will be apparent to all who have even a superficial interest in politics. And we are reluctant to join issue with him precisely because he is one of those whom many people would like to see out of Canton, devoting himself to some cause less prolific of disruption in China than the trend of Canton's policy is now. With regard to his main charge, that we have made a mistake over the identity of China's parliaments, we have, we are certainly not the only ones to do so. The main point is that if China really wants Parliament to reassemble, and if it is ready to do so in a more open mind than when it met before, and if, by that means there is a fair prospect of the country being re-
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