This hesitation to recognize an obvious fact profoundly affected the Revolution. That Revolution If the product of 1 forces which had disrupted Empires and was the main cause of the World War. China in the midst of Revolution ud been drawn into the war itself and the Far Eastern! halaneo of power had been profound: Jy affected. But in the world sett ent Chinese problems were noglected, except as they affected enemy sights, and the European Pov even Britain, were too absorbed in their own problems to tackle her difieulties. " Hence the almost stinetive gesture of Britain who placed Chinese problems on the agenda' of the Washington Conferened so that America might play in the Far East a role which she was valley. The peage of the world can never be safe if it is not as secure in Far Eastern as in European or American waters, The attitude of the world towards the Chinese Eastern: Railway dispute shows that such an attitude is now instinctive Jamongst the World Powers. But going one stop further is not the internal' peace and prosperity of 'China' also bound up with the peace and prosperity of the world? The attitude of the Powers towards the nowly united China certainly shows their eagerness to seo a Government which could speak for all China maintain itself in power. Their own special problems in China depend in the last resort on the internal pro-[blems of China as they have conistantly reiterated in their notes. JAre we approaching a period when the whole Chinese problem will be abandoning in Europe itself.
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