Review of liencws, 1/9!13. PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 



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sistance to Ins will. He now acts with- 

 out much reference to the so-called Par- 

 liament, and has made certain that his 

 provisional presidency will be made a 

 permanent office. Dr. Sun, and other 

 leaders who started a revolt in Southern 

 China, have fled to Japan, and the rebels 

 are everywhere surrendering to the Pre- 

 sident's troops. The danger is that the 

 European Powers may be drawn in. 

 Already a German cruiser has been fired 

 ■on, and has retaliated with her big guns. 

 A few more similar incidents, and a 

 severe Chinese crisis may be developed. 

 There has been hghting at Canton. 

 Nanking, the headquarters of the rebels, 

 still holds out. The foreigners there are 

 in much danger. The extraordinary 

 thing about China is that a w-ar like this 

 may go on for years, and the mass of 

 the people be entirely ignorant of the 

 fact. In a way China is like a deep sea. 

 The waves of strife trouble its surface, 

 but the solid mass of 450,000,000 people 

 beneath remain unruffled and undis- 

 turbed. A Blue Book, dealing with the 

 position in China to the end of last year, 

 has just been issued in London. It 

 discloses a hopeless state of affairs. No 

 substitute has been found for the 

 national and unifying principle of reli- 

 gious respect formerly paid to the 

 Manchus, and the Chinese seem to be in- 

 capable of bringing any sort of organ- 

 isation out of the existing chaos. 



The Panama E.:hibition. 



The official opening of the Panama 

 Canal is to be marked by a great Ex- 

 hibition in San Francisco in 191 5. Ac- 

 tually it is expected that the Canal will 

 be working early next year. The Exhi- 

 bition Committee have invited all the 

 countries of the world to take part, but 

 the response has not been encouraging. 

 Neither England, Germany, or any other 

 great trading nation has responded 

 favourably, as the Governments found 

 that manufacturers and merchants were 

 not willing to send exhibits, holding 

 that the cost of doing so could not pos- 

 sibly be covered by orders, owing to the 

 prohibitive tariff still in force. Ameri- 

 cans are beginning to believe that this 

 general boycott of the exhibition must 

 have something to do with the discrimi- 



nating dues in favour of American ships 

 passing the Canal. This may have per- 

 haps decided wavering Governments 

 against taking part, but the attitude of 

 the manufacturers is the principal rea- 

 son. In view of the reductions in the 

 tariff now being made, it is unfortunate 

 that British and foreign merchants do 

 not intend to show their appreciation by 

 exhibiting. Australia, of course, views 

 the question from an entirely different 

 standpoint. We want to make our 

 country, not our manufacturers, known. 

 The Federal Government has set aside 

 a considerable sum for an adequate ex- 

 hibit, and it is to be hoped that the States 

 will also give their support. Victoria, at 

 any rate, has been trying to attract 

 American farmers. Here is a great op- 

 Dortunity of reaching an immense num- 

 ber of people without much expense. It 

 would be a pity to let the opportunity 

 slip away. 



Flying Around Great Britain. 



A gallant attempt to win the Daily 

 Mail prize of ;^5000 by fl-ying around 

 Great Britain in a hydro-aeroplane was 

 made by the Australian aviator, Henry 

 S. Hawker. Despite constant engine 

 trouble, fogs and head winds, the aviator 

 flew successfully from Southampton up 

 the East Coast, and around Scotland. 

 One of his planes buckled, however, and 

 he fell into the Irish Channel 15 miles 

 north of Dublin. His mechanic, Kauper, 

 also an Australian, had his leg broken, 

 but Hawker was rescued uninjured. The 

 total journey was 1600 miles, and only 

 340 remained to go when the accident 

 happened. With his usual generosity 

 Lord Northcliffe presented the aviator 

 with a consolation prr/e of ;^IOOO. The 

 difficulties met with show that the aero- 

 plane has still to be greatly perfected 

 before it is the certain and deadlv thing 

 many people think it already is. 



An Impeached Governor. 



A remarkable situation has arisen m 

 the United States. The Governor of 

 New York State, Mr. William Sulzer, 

 has been impeached by the State Legis- 

 lature for corrupt practices. He abso- 

 lutely refuses to quit office, holding that 

 the whole aft'air is the result of a plot 



