a good hour may ibe sad, the development "of. the Sino'tepanese isis, with all its attendant uncer-and anaes, has been Fe-Seied by" Shanghat with" admirable fe. Experience perhaps has told. oveyer that may be, the good sense ted frlendlinesy of the Chinese and Japanese authorities have been loyally into by "their respective. com munity. "the dignified. altitude of the Chinese Government has com-violotta fo Chinese ere and greatly to the ered of the Cty Govefnment and local Chinese Kade thatthe atmosphere has besa tree Irom excitement, The soul {ES of the markets has reflected [Rs composure. Notes a" tee id be ald fo the Japanese Whose oMicials and non-oMcials alike have preserved an unrufled courtesy, sturdy commonsense, and propriety demeanour. The crisis has undoubtedly aroused deep anxiety. Both Chinese and Japanese view the prospect of a breakdown in the of: forts to avoid war with real apr hension. Yet somehow they have managed to maintain an una(fected. placidity which will be pleasant to Femember, especially if, as all. hop eleventh hour way out of the present impasse be found. Should that be impossible, even then this achievement in deportment will not have been recorded In vain. For, sooner or later, Sino-Japanese friendship must find 4ts place in the sun," In fact western controversialists might well take a lesson from this eastern restraint,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.