There is no equivocation or room for misunderstanding in the mandate issued by the Chinese Government cogarding the tone to be adopted by public speakers and organizations in dealing with certain foreign affairs. "All discriminatory and provocative Irpeeches and actions detrimental. 10 the maintenance of friendly relations between China and her neighbouring countries" are definitely forbidden. The mandate adds that the formation of any organizations calculated to cultivate ili-feeling be= fiween China and other countries" strictly prohibited. Whether, the use of the term "neighbouring" in the earlier prohibition is applicable to the rest of the mandate, on the principle of the doctrine of ejusdem genesis, is not at the moment clear. Ht would seem, however, that as the mandate ends with a specific reference to the importance of interna-Hional obligations and world peace, that. the Chinese Government is rightly attempting to foster a general (Cunnvest $18 ren ANNUM, $040 PER COPY attitude of restraint in -discussing foreign affairs in the widest sense of the term. Obviously, however, the mandate has a direct bearing on the
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