A thoughtful article on the present Jeconomic conditions in China comes to the current "British Chamber of Commerce Journal" from the pen of Mr. EM. Gull. It is pleasant to find Mr. Guill once more writing on JChina's affairs in Shanghai, albeit his stay is necessarily of only a short duration. He takes for his text Mr.
Calder Marshall's address from the [Chair of the Chamber at the annual general meeting last month and seeks {for causes other than America's silver purchasing policy to account for present difficulties. This endeavour to be applauded. It would be inconsistent with the facts to ignore the disabilities which have accrued from political and administrative' weaknesses in China herself. Mr. Gull also points out that foreign traders have their responsibility in the matter. They have encouraged [China to buy. They have not been fas insistent on her need to sell. Mr.
[Gull argues:
The April issue of the quarterly wAslatic Review" contains an article by Mr. O. M. Green on the "Crisis in the Far East" and a survey of the '¢conomie possibilities of the North-West of China by Mr. E, H. Anstice who will be well remembered Jedueationalists in the Far Green's article was evidently before the recent debate" in the House of Lords. He, therefore, wat not "aware of the considerations which led Lord "Stanhope quite rightly to point out that: there was question of the need for British
Japanese friendship. Apparently Mr, elation' in, furtherance of, Sine. Green was partly misled by reporte which suggested that Canton was not well-disposed toward the Sino-[Japanese rapprochement. This has been largely disproved by the stick cess oltonding General Doihara's tour in the South, to say nothing of Mr. Aryioshi's satisfactory report to his Government at Tokyo, Mr. Anstice inclined to think that the economic Possibilities of the North-West have been exaggerated by some writers, He plainly points out that political dimcvities have to be eliminated before much can be done in such regions as Sinkiang and Kansu, Hit article is well supplied with statistical data and makes a sound contri. bution to British knowledge of affairs in a little known part of China
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.