London, July 27.
The greatest interest in China's internal difficulties has been aroused by a series of articles in "The Times" by the Dean of Canterbury, who has returned from an extensive tour of China during which he investigated flood conditions. He [stresses the bad condition of means: jof communications. in a leading article, points out that it by no means follows that better roads would discourage the military satraps bandits, on the contrary roadways would aid violence and also the [building of Chinese railways helped rather than checked the ambitions Jof generals and feudal bandits. Roads could, however, help in the relief of famine while an immense amount of conservancy is required to prevent famine.
'The journal adds that without belittling' road construction it must not be thought that roads alone will ease the peasants' burdens, which will only become easier when a stable and authoritative government has. been created—Reuter.
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