The Walls of Nanking It is sincerely to be hoped that the project of the Nanking Municipality to. pull down the the western says that the intention is militate intramural transporta-but this does not strike o as 4 very convincing reason. The western wall of Nanking is that which faces the river, the space between being purely agricultural.
might be an advantage to widen the gate connecting with the riverside suburb of Hsiakuan, but no practical reason for pulling down the whole western wall is conceive able. And the walls of Nanking fare one of China's historic treasures, Writing from memory, they are, we think, over 400 years old, made of bricks such as cannot be thas been at work. Nothing could tend to alienate sympathy from the strikers more than this use of bombs, and already we seo that the! carters and drivers have decided not to support the waterside workers who for a week past have had in mind a general strike. The second important factor tending towards a betterment of the situation is the {firm stand taken by Mr. Butler, Premier of South Australia, To all intents and purposes he has adopted the same attitude as Me. Baldwin did when faced with a general strike in Great Britain. In the latter case! the strike leaders were rash enough to test the Government's firmness, doubtless in the hope that the dis. play of mob law at their command would result in surrender, and to their cost they learned a very different lesson. This is doubtless got nowadays. They are 23 miles Found and, as much of the ground within is'opa country, there is ample room for ° "intramural" development without touching them. On the top they are wide enough for a carriage road, and at some places they tower to a height with most "impressive effect. Once pull down any part of them, and excuses will soon be found for getting rid of the rest. Tt would really be a sin to touch these magnificent monuments of the past. having its effect on the mental out-ook of the Australian strike leaders, combined with the fact that they must already perceive sane clements of the population are not prepared accept their dictation.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.