would be clean money, however, for the purpose is declared, and no one need accept the goods offered for sale as necessarily reliable.

"The people are always right"; that is, "In the multitude of counsel there is wisdom."-Yes, but that is when perversion and poison are barred. A little poppy from the Orient too often induces sleep and dreams of pleasant unreality.

Japan has skillfully prepared the ground for the Conference and hopes to reap some advantage, just as she has wheedled the government of the United States in the "Gentleman's Agreement" and the Lansing-Ishii recognition of her aggressions in the far East.

HERE are a surprising number of daily papers, many published in English, in the principal cities of China and Japan. They print dispatches concerning the doings of the Conference and are read. But their editorial opinions are biased. Papers are owned by interests to put out their propaganda. The result is a confused state of the public mind.

The organization of a republic in such circumstances is difficult. The masses are not informed, and again the suffrage is closely limited. Elections have been discontinued by the military bosses. There are those who predict that China will become a constitutional monarchy, like England, when the young crown prince grows up. He is now living in a reserved corner of the Forbidden City, where visitors now troop unrestrained. There is a rare Museum there of Chinese objects of art and porcelains. The private grounds and palaces, once the property of the deposed royal family, are open to all.

There is no authority in Peking. The grass is growing on