The Archive · 1923

DIPLOMATIC MIND'S WORKING

The idea of the use of international recognition of the Chinese Government as a moral weapon appears to be so repugnant to the diplomatic mind that they would rather advocate piecemeal] intervention which must inevitably prompt a storm and force wholesale intervention by armed forces, after many Jives have been lost than' consider the thought of and countless: wealth dissipated,

threatening Chinese officialdom with a loss of international face. Equally repugnant seems to be the idea of focussing mora] force upon individuals or groups in

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