tactics of evasion and passive obstruction have given place to
the definite expression of the policy of China for the Chinese." This is due partly to the assumption that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance guarantees the integrity of China, partly to the unwise treatment by the United States of the recent boycott, and partly to the influence of the example of Japan upon the intelligent classes. Efforts are being made by the provincial authorities to follow the example of Yuan Shih-kai, and with the aid of Japanese instructors to reform the organisation of their forces. There is a widespread determination to grant no further commercial concessions to foreigners, and native companies are being formed to undertake railway and mining enterprises, while a vigorous anti-foreign agitation has been started in the native Press, and patriotic leagues are coming into existence among the students.
