And yet we are not convinced that it was all hoax. We are inclined, [to think here that something has been going on abroad and are not Gepressed by the fact that our dip-seemingly heard nothing of There is no reason to believe that jurly Occidental Government which fad decided to take the only possible sane course in China for rescuing the Chinese people from chaos and] misery should feel called upon to notify the present assortment of, plenipots' of its change of attitude.
nothing much could happen in Washington at this juncture without 'a burst tf premonitory fireworks, is quite true, Congress is in session and any radical change of poliey in China would have to be endorsed by the "'corn-belt" legislators, who do not think that Americans abroad have any good excuse for being out of the land of the free and the home of the brave, and by some, scores of susceptible congressmen, who have to strengthen themselves, [with a gill or so of bootleg whiskey every time anyone mentions the church vote".
That Great Britain could take no initiative in an Asiatic purgative campaign and could only follow in the wake of an overwhelmingly, Inrge international movement in China, which would relieve the Conservative Government of the onus of aggression, is also to be taken, for granted. ' Those loyal Britons, in the East who think that this or that pompous administration Westminister can shape the foreign policy of the Empire without taking into account the sentiments of the Russian subsidized riff-raff, _have not been home to see Downing Street vibrate to Emperor Gook's thunder ror heard the ticking of Mr., Tomsky's gold watch at Scarborough.
The Japanese Rule of Contrasts Embassy or the Canton Diplomatic Delegation, it seemed possible, because either of these is capable of Publishing matter better worth reading, if only as a joke, than any of our accredited representatives. To be honest about ft, however, the! majority of Peking's foreign residents thought that Mr. Nachbour had tiffined rather more sumptuously than us tial on Christmas day and that, out of a spirit of expansive geniality, he had decided to cheer us all up on the festive occasion,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.