Whenever there arises a leader who trusts more to deeds than to words, he is jeeringly referred to by Young China as a "war lord." If, however, he can pronounce the Kuomintang shibboleths, he may employ as many bandit generals as he pleases, and inflict misery on countless thousands of wretched Chinese farmers. All he does then is excused. One of Dr. Sun's admirers quotes Jefferson, who said, "Rather than it (the French volution) should have failed, I would have seen. half the earth desolated." Iam sure Jefferson did not include the United States in that "half!" What are we to say, however, to men who would rather see their own land waste than abandon their cherished political theories?
They say that the Cantonese abroad are almost solid to a man in support of Sun Yat-sen that the student classes in the South still pin their faith on him. Meanwhile unhappy Kuangsi is getting deeper and deeper into the mire, and no one without a finan-cla] stake; does anything or cares very much. The merchants have lost, and in many cases have no-
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