17 MARCH 1917, Page 1
China, after all, has severed relations with Germany. The people
who were to he treated by express order of the German Emperor in 1900 as " Attila's Hum of old " treated their enemies, have made a pretty riposte against the author of that infamous phrase. The Chinese Government have taken possession of about 29,000 tons of German shipping. When the Portuguese Government took similar action Germany declared war. If Germany does not declare war against China, therefore, we may guess that her spirits are becoming a little damped or that she is losing count of her enemies. Still, we cannot help looking fore ard to some appropriate recog- nition of China's action from the eminent successor to the " Scourgs of God."
