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but the destruction of foreign (and particularly British)
commerical interests through the instrumentality of a
Her real motive is militant Chinese nationalism.
essentially imperialistic, but she has artfully concealed the fact by the surrender of rights and treaties which
In the were in reality of very little advantage to her. course of a couple of years she has spread abroad the gospel of racial hatred, perverted the student community, corrupted Chinese labour at the treaty parts and inflicted on a British colony a blow as damaging to our
But whereas the prestige as it is to our commerce.
Hong Kong boycott is a success for the Russians in that its ill effects on British trade are cumulative, it may well be doubted whether the other public manifestations of Russia's subversive activities have greatly strengthened her position further North. If they have inflicted serious losses on European commercial interests, those losses have been only temporary, and they have at least aroused those interests to a realisation of the proximity of a common enemy and a common danger.
Should the
Whether Russia will be able to create further trouble on a China coast depends on circumstances which it is at present impossible to forsee. coalition allied against Feng Yu Hsiang emerge successful elements hostile to Russian penetration will come into power. On the other hand there may be fresh grouping of interests which will give the Politbureau at
It is Moscow further opportunities for mischief making.
only safe to proceed on the assumption that govermental stability is out of the question for some years to come and that Russia will continue to exploit China's weaknesses for further destructive propaganda against
European interests.
South of Canton Russia has been able to achieve
little
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