Whatever political results ensue from the hostilities in this country they will be overshadowed for many years by the huge monuments of wilful destruction erected during their attainment. Week by week, the terrible picture of devastation is receiving those details of com~ pleteness which increasing access of observers fo this war zone provides, and the last concentrated military effort accelerates. After a week-end of experiences which awakened recollections of Shanghai, Nanking and other ities a year ago, the smoke has cleared away from Canton and what did observers find?—a large area of another, prosperous city added to the blazing pyre. The fire appears to have
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