The Archive · 1929

Mission Held by Troops

Contributed

The Bolshevik and Communistic propaganda of the past few years China continues to bear fruit after its kind, and it is to be feared that the lawlessness and the bullying spirit which have been allowed to prow—iC not actually encouraged at times—will be a serious problem for the responsible Government of ping mot being China. Attention has just _been see mitted to engage in coastwise|drawn to the anti-Christian efforts ie aprond, but they seem tolof some of the extreme members rave that Chinese shipowners of the Kuomintang. who either for-fave been Faint, not so much by get or ignore the recognized law of foreign competition, but by the] the country with regard to religious!

Tasting interference of the liberty. In places where extremists Chinese. military with shipping. can be hell in check, these efforts, Tiled, it is on account of this will probably fizzle out without much interference thay ni harm being done, But there are other plices where the terrorizing non fore [of lawless bullies is dangerous, and of three where the Fights of others are de ign fags, although Tiverately interfered with, and law ud order are defied. When religious Chinese-ow ned. liberty is. into free A Smallpox Scare quently happens that other liberties view of the prevalence of fare imperilled, and serts itself smallpox in Honk the suthori= over right, to the inju ties here and in Canton are closely land of the individual. A democracy watching all arriving, cannot be too watchful over its liberties.

We are lei to these reflections by a letter just received from a city huan, which tells ich is unfortunately. ro-building and aviat rot without equal elsewhere: indeed Clearly indicate that, constructive dear can he accomplished by the it isa type of what is found at many Chitose when they want, and veen places, amt it deserves more publi they. are unhampered lites cit Turing the recent evacuation, and anti-foreign agitation,

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