* * * * All this implies that there will
be no attempt by the Powers, even temporarily, to intervene in China, but lest there should be any misunderstanding on that point, the desire to intervene is expressly renounced. A similar emphasis is given to the British desire to modify the Treaties in such a way that Chinese feelings may no longer be offended. It is recognized that there has been some improvement in the Chinese judicial system and that extra-territorial rights ought to be modified in response to that improvement. Almost everything depends, of course, upon the degree of co-operation in this 'policy which the United States may be willing to give. With American help it may be possible to draw out all the good that is in Cantonese nationalism. In that event the spread of the movement, instead of being regarded as a menace and as merely Boshevism under another name, may be recognized as the greatest blessing which has come to China for many years. The Powers ought to make it possible for the Cantonese to say good-bye to their Russian advisers for ever.* *
