Apparently two things had bean observed, namely, first, that money will not' keep down revolution in the Republic, as far as the warler's and their large armies are concerned. And this has revealed one simple fact to the Canton journalists, namely, that the military war-Fords are not fighting for more liberty, or more power, or more fluence, but for mote money, Thi war-lord's battle ery is not. "Giv me more money or I die," but "Give me more money or I fight."
"The point which the Canton journ-lists are now thinking out is how Jong can Nanking keep this up. and how long will it Ist? They cou elude that, as long as the counterrevolution-baby is fed and kept quiet on good hard Mexican doll will continue to ery and some-Gives coven yell.
Nanking according to the Canton journalists, retains its present posi-ion, not by the force of arms, but by the pecuniary embarrassment of all outside the circle, They are convinced and satisfied, however, that some radical change must take place, otherwise Nanking is forced with inevitable trouble and dissatisfaction. No country in the world is more richly endowed with proverbs denouncing the deceitfulness of riches and love of money being the root of all evil, than the land of Sinim, yet the fact remains, as the Cantonese journalists argue, tha: money will keep a party in office and Keep down everything but a Com-up-rising.
The cond thing the Canton newspaper men were not slow to observe was the sale of the Majestic Hotel, This building, they gathered, had suddenly somehow changed hands and some leaders in the country had now become part pro prietors of this handsome building. They merely took note of the sale and apparently passed on,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.