Nov. 2
We are sorry to find ourselves. at issue with "D'A. de keen and patriotic member ofthe community, But, in the circum stances of world policy towards China as they exist to-day, wer cannot sce that his letter ser a practical end. We do not dispute that there is much to be said for his point of view, but would entail a complete reversal of the policy foreshadowed the Washington Conference, cry= stallized in Sir Austen Chamberlain's "Christmas Present" of: December, 1926, and indicated: again and again as the fixed in~ tention of the Great Powers in. numerous events and notes. of: the past three years, That fixed... intention, briefly, is to meet all China's desires at the earliest. practicable moment. Wo are not: discussing whether that. decision. was wise or unwise. The fact remains that it has been taken and that there is not-the-slight® est sit: of its being changed. The common sense: of the sitiia~ tion, therefore, for foreigners In. China is to accept what the cannot prevent and use: ever'
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