VIEW OF MASSES.
Not Interested in Political Quarrels. ♦ PREY TOR GENERALS. TARIS, April 17. In an interview given at Marseilles, Sir Francis Aglen, formerly Inspector of (iistoms at Peking, said the serious situa Lion in China is likely to continue. ""That national sentiment exists in China," he says, "is a mistaken idea. The country is absolutely a prey for generals for whom war is more profitable than commerce. The rival factions are extracting booty from the masses, who arcbrave people, who only ask to be allowed to work in peace. They are not inter'ested in political or military quarrels.
"I do not suggest forcing peace," said Sir Francis, "but I think an entente cordiale between the Powers, accompanied by pressure, would restore the economic prosperity of China.
"The ascendancy of Marshal Chan:; Tsn-]in is greater than that of Yuan Shih-kai, the former war-lord of Manchuria.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 7
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