A very tall commanding Englishman landed last week at Shanghai. To the coolies who rushed to seize his bags he spoke a few words in fluent guttural Chinese. In his honor the British press of Shanghai spread headlines, welcomed Miles Lampson, the new British Minister to China, hinted hopefully that his arrival would be followed by a strong British demonstration against the "Cantonese Bolsheviks" whose armies captured Foochow last week and were advancing on Shanghai.
Hopeful that Minister Lampson came to inaugurate a firm British "Imperialist" policy in China, the Union Club...
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