THE LIBERAL ATTITUDE

A letter, printed elsewhere in these columns, presents a thoroughly commendable attitude towards the Liberal Club meeting of last night. The inevitable result of such a gathering, hold under the aegis of authorities, is an almost if not quite unanimous declaration which is arrived at by skillful direction on the part of its leading proponents.

The value of discussion affairs of the sort brought before the public eye by the Sino-Japanese conflict is not to be minimized. But sometimes local public opinion, galvanized by newspaper reports which can be erroneous, is led into impolitic expressions.

The qualifications of last night's speakers cannot be impeached, all who addressed the meeting are recognized authorities on international politics. But the outcome of the discussion was too much like the appearance of a sheet of paper after it has passed through a printing press. The paper is ever white enough when it is inserted but the characters it holds when it emerges are determined by the type on the press.