Foochow, the Treaty Port between Shanghai and Hong- kong, has
also fallen to the Cantonese. Considerable labour troubles have been going on there. The worst aspect of the present Cantonese methods is the civil unrest which is deliberately engineered in the true Bolshe- vist manlier. But if Mr. Miles Lanipson can convince the Cantonese that Great Britain desires nothing but to trade peaceably with China and has no thought either of aggression or of arrogantly demanding " rights " which arc not necessary for the safety of foreigners, he will have an excellent chance of putting into operation a realistic and fruitful policy. Still, lie cannot do less than maintain the bare right of foreigners to justice and safety for life and property. China has notoriously suffered and is still suffering from extreme corruption. Nor has any foreigner any real hope of justice in China except in the foreign courts constituted under the Treaties. It is our duty to help the Chinese, but it is also the duty of the Chinese to be fair to the foreigner.
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