The Chinese situation grows worse and in Hong-kong a "
state of emergency " has been declared. It is clear that the agitation is deep-seated and general. No such local events as the Shanghai incidents could be sufficient cause for so widely spread agitation. It is evident that —unjustly as we think—Chinese national sentiment has been profoundly aroused against the " Powers " and against this country in particular. It is easy to speak of Bolshevist agitators. Unquestionably the Soviet Government is exploiting the situation with all its cunning and energy, but agitators must have fertile ground to work upon or they will never have any pro- found effect. The Western Powers must face the fact that the East is beginning to change and that a new self-consciousness and national pride is taking possession of the millions of China.
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