Feb, 10, Apter the high-flown periods lof Hankow the more old-fashion-led manner of Marshal' Chang Tso-lin is decidedly refreshing, {s also the matter of his mani-fo. His statement that "ever since the inception of the Republic, the sovereign rights of the nation have rested with the people" does not, perhaps, carry fall the conviction intended. But! there is no mistaking his real meaning. From the beginning fof things Marshal Chang has been an unsparing opponent of Bolshevism, perhaps because he had better opportunities than most people of studying it at his Jown back door. So he denounces "the sponsors of extreme radical ism in China, puppets in the hands of certain foreign agents, whose erroneous theories are working havoc in the very nation which gave them birth." "Against them all his efforts are directed; Twith them alone he will have no dealings. Then comes a very direct appeal to Foreign Pow For the good of our, people and the continuance of friendly relations with the Powers it is time to ponder carefully what our responsibil ties and. attitude an regards the Powers should be. "Equality of international treatment {s~the only to foreigners residing. in China mard of world peace, Our dat bickerings over money between whatever parts of China|the Inspector General and the jit has touched and will destroy|Peking offd is aroused many) still more unless it is speedily|enmities, which portended no' Foreign Govern-|good_to the Customs Service. ments cannot meet Marshal|The Inspector General was also Chang's request for assistance in|placed in a false position.
For his undertaking, but at least|a servant who controls the purse they can refrain from giving strings is very like a master. In comfort to his enemies. If he ithe meanwhile the South learnt Jean feel that there is "no room for negotiation" with the Bolsheviks, amongst whom, after all, Jare many of his own countrymen, how much more should we?
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