It seems a little difficult to understand the objections of Admiral Chang Chi-ying, commander of the Canton navy, to feminine curves. He seems to be heading the movement for forbidding mixed bathing and for marking separate areas for the sexes on all the beaches and swimming laces in the southern area. It is even reported that the Canton authorities are contemplating a ban on bare legs. The feminist will instant-
Chinese and Japanese authorities has been arrived at on the matter. It is, believed that the outrage was the work of some hotheads opposed to any such form of arrangement with the Japanese, and that they hoped by involving' the Japanese and Chinese in such a manner to bring the agreement to an end, Six people were killed and fifteen injured by an action which could never have been productive of any good result whatever. It is to be expected, that the bombing will have the effect of making passengers nervous about travelling by the line, but beyond, that it is not to be anticipated that it will have any particularly grave effects, 'That it will lead the authoritles to take extra precautions, and thereby somewhat incommode' the travelling public, is all that is to be expected from this senseless per= formance. Politically it need hava significance whatever, except that it may lead to the Chinese and Japanese authorities taking further steps to prevent a recurrence, Short of some major political crisis, which foolish incidents such as this, are not Ukely to Bring about, it may be anticipated that the present agreement railway through trame is but the Precursor of the settlement of other Outstanding questions which do not involve the recognition of Manchoukuo by China. As has been pointed out in these columns these settle ments can be effected without any departure of China from the position she has taken up, and bomb outrages such as this should have no. real effec: upon the authorities other than to reaffirm them in their intone tons to go aheas
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