It is now transparently clear that the Cantonese are '
far the most powerful and the best disciplined party China. Their unchecked successes have been due to ceable causes. They know what they want and they ow how to get it. British seamen are probably the est unofficial diplomatists in the world, and with great sense and restraint they have been withdraWing-to their ships in the river in order to avoid any clash with the Cantonese troops which are marching into Hankow. They will be ready at hand, of course, if help is required.. But there is good reason to think now that the atmosphere is favourable enough for the new British Minister to China, Mr. Miles Lampson, to be able to suggest a new policy that will fit the facts. The facts are that Peking has collapsed and that the only coherent Government • with which we can treat is that which was at Canton' and is now transferring itself to Wuchang, opposite Hankow on the Yangtze.
