The comments of the "Morning Post™ on the Far Eastern situation will be read strictly with regard to that journal's general policy. Banging the Jetriotic drum with fervour has been ts traditional posture, but, in late years, out of tune with the trends jot modern thought, the patriotism nas become imbued' with a kind of inverted defeatism. So, whatever Jeastigation the "Morning' Post" may inflict on the Socialist or Communist, seems to reserve lis foreest tirades for the National Government and particularly that section of the Conservatives which follows Mr. Baldwin. fin this mood the venerable London daily, admirable in its literary style Jand supreme in its polished. irony. ldslights to paint a word-picture of [British impotence. Nor will there be Jéisag-cement with the achievement if the "Morning Post's" own conception ywer be accepted. The trouble Jendorsed by the bulk of responsible [British opinion—as the General Elec ition showed—than are the "Morning Post's" pet theories on other subjects.
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