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(Continued from- page 684.) Professor Soothill, who was for years a missionary in China and now occupies the Chinese chair at Oxford, has written an instructive and temperate little book on China and England (H. Milford, 7s. 6d.). He examines the argument that the " unequal treaties," the low tariffs, the foreign-owned mills,
.and so on have caused the troubles in China and dismisses it as wholly untrue. He reminds us that the Christian missions
have done much for China and have helped the Chinese to see the better side of Western civilization. He would be pre- pared gradually to abolish extra-territoriality, provided that China could guarantee foreigners the same fair treatment -which Chinese residents receive in Western countries. But -at the moment China is in chaos and there is none to give or enforce such a guarantee. Professor Soothill thinks, however, that we have a duty to China and must continue to interest ourselves in her affairs.
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