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In a very interesting message the Peking correspondent of the

Times suggests that it may be advisable to shorten the British line by withdrawing from the inland Con- cessions to the coast. If it seems that no group in China can hold out against the Cantonese we ought not to cling so blindly to tradition as to go on treating with the ghosts of Peking. In this event the Cantonese will be the de facto Government. Nor ought we to forget that the methods of the Peking conferences for satisfying the intensely strong nationalist spirit of Young China have not suddenly lost their efficacy. No one can compel the Chinese to trade with us if they do not wish to do so, but sooner or later they will wish it for their own sakes.

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