Canute Alibis

The white man in China last week was King Canute uneasy on his little throne, the foreign concessions, defying the tide of Chinese Nationalism not to engulf him. Throughout Europe disgruntled great men were busy explaining why the China tide is rising:

Viscount Inchcape of Strathnaver, biggest British-Oriental ship magnate, Chairman of the P. & O. and many another steamship line:

"The antagonism to the British in China is largely due to our sending missionaries there. . . . The ancient faiths in China are as sacred to the...

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