The man of genius has been much. subjected to criticism, some he has been accused of being tainted with insanity, she-avotane. IS alg But now modera psychologists have come to his rescue and deride the notion of, tigation was to he burked, Reports of the grilling crass-examination which the firemen were being subjected, and of the—special court that was to be established to try them, only evoked con temptuous smiles. What could such men. really know of the matter? In the vast organiza tion of the opium dealers, which operates openly all up and down the Yangtze, they would probably be no more than the wents of the agents of yet other agents of the principals, Besides, ship's firemen would never be able to command the large apitol necessary for the pure of such a stock of opium. Thave were only three questions to be answered, and they were fundamental: Whose was the opium, by whom was it ce m up river a The firemen would never be to answer these questions, al though somebody undoubtedly could have done so, But reply will ever be given, The Kiangan opium ease is dead. his having any kinship with those who inhabit lunatic asylums, There is one matter however, on which the man of genius fails to satisfy ordinary people: how docs he accomplish those wonderful feats which lift him to the heights? Take any the arts, and ask one of thes outstanding exponents how it i done; the answer is always satisfying. At best, vague, and certainly does not help us much to follow the xenius's example said that when Dr. Grace was once asked how he managed to knock the bowlers all over, rand Olt Man John, Isworthy, on being asked to define the canons of short-story. writing, confessed, "Frankly, n't know, but there arg ltinly these: write only what interests yourself: from scute ence to "sentence grip your h directions sound all right, but they do not let us very far into the secret of story writing, We are given tol' dags aay. tome sort of con session by the twenty-one fire Santa Claus hay a disappointing Christmas, ment key to nuscean In thin daparte of for men and compradore's clerks naturally take it for granted yet be published, ani the that every writer chooses sub-will be gone through of THE DINNER TO THE Shanghai without adjustment of differences, there jects that are interesting to being immediately must be many points of disagree kup a special court to HINISTERS, himself; and everyone knows ment, but certainly nothing is punish them—just as the fitty- De too, that enterices don't Ihe pionships are daily|to be gained by approaching wretched coolies were shot] 04, dinner at wh sip the they certainly h the [and visible, and the mere pro- thei otherwise than with deter-peace offering for the British Chamber of Commerce will not grip the editor, and the King outrage, while no one dared os Paci of former years has calmness and_ restraint. contribution will be returned lift a finger, or even suggested and the Ching Ansociation on to sive place to a sense There are chapters in the re-with, or without, thanks, Doubt= tual community. It of China and the doing against the Dr. H. IL, Kung last night—very ead alate cacy in. the natural criminal 1 such al took back, we or West which, ax we forel ess "also, vene Dhfortunately Be TeV. Soong [order of things that cannot pretend to Shakespeare how he w ist would ease, however, only the lives and ut through [change should first make itself justify; and it is of vital import-that property of foreigners were me without par-felt in friction and discord. ance for us to realize that to the took few ready-made plots a Yolvod. Tu this, the honour of Tree rtemnaly of Shanghai, must be confessed, Chinese ever-present sense of (OUh," ow" teuatamae Dols and analist China and the Fe one ae ace cre the is stil in the history these incidents are as ho thought they ought to speake ion of hor most exalted when a Viceroy, on his way ™achinery as between Chinese fresh as if thes had happened Which, except for the pare aut take, Why is Gene e UN Uiing, could be permitted #%¢ foreigners. Mere the at-yesterday and are the constant] oont the plots where we try Chiang Kai-shek so silent? to rar tr euch Shanghai un-|™0sphere tends to be most de-inspiration of that ery of "im-lat Toast to be original, is what have seen it reported that, Without so much as a(sPondent. and here Chinese penalism" which seems to us every writer aims. at, but with Dement. he cated ner and so grotesque and ill-founded.|," very small percentage of to be shot for opium-[ yore of ware a natural top. li his ways seems most im.) Yet if foreigners remember to0 cuceoss But on the Kiangan] fence to think of the old times|teable.
To many foreigners {Ilittle, it is fair to say that Chi-'Some time ayo, a questions he has nothing to ith fondness, so spacious they [it APPears that the Chinese will next are prone to remember too] noire was circulated among is Gonoral Feng Yu- com in retrospect But there "°c? rest until they have driven much. If ther will shorten their number of well-known autho ssu silent? On other ques- S00" Ching but regret for tit stranger out of the land of retrospect somewhat, we think] asking them to vive some ions of social reform he hits not] EA" De nothing regret ach {2s adoption: and equally there while the/dications of the state of their ked speech, but on this one he] Mlooknes Nie in was[are
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