Torday is for newspaper, rare thing a. holiday. therefore the north-Chi News" will not appear. holiday-makers able to take full advantage of the Easter vacation are planning, if they have not already started on, excursions from Shang-bai to the' delights of the sea, the river and other "places of resort. Some will be content with the fresh air, of, the outlying sporting, feds and the racing crowds will also celebrate Easter in their own fash= jon, While the religious significance of the season will not be overlooked by those whose great day of remem-prance this is, the note of Spring Bastertide invariably brings wit it the hope of better things. The skies may be Jess. clouded and the temperature less depressed. " Topics at this time are of preparations for giving summer sports. their ing and making arrangements for coping with the mixed. blessing of the heat. Yet in the world outside. there are happenings of "which notice will have to be taken when the offices are in. full working order again. The holiday-maker will hope hat, whi t men and other august personages who hold the world's destinies. in their "hands will mot. do anything disastrous. © "The "cynically-minded might be inclined to urge that the holiday should be made compulsory for everyone, By letting the world wag: for 8 little time without con= ferences, " communiques mantis, perhaps the feat might be achieved" of helping. it to. recover its morale, Anyway to-morrow will be enrively free from such activities, if 4 statesman makes & mistake ay it will not be news to-mor or the simple reason there newspapers, to. blazon it apron itis an attractive thought but ith Dotter not be pursued—for the so the newspaper Plexities of maintaining a country's credit, in the very dificult situation
admirable precepts have not always thigh Chinn ind herself teen able to command the practice they deserve but, om the whole, he! may expect readiness. to. recognise the' onerous character of ig task {ickling certain of Tix aspects. He wil take with him ood wishes for successful tour and for a return agreeably illumined with "definite
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