（一月廿九日）
读“Everybody”杂志，有伦敦《每日电报》远东访员Gardner L. Harding论青岛一文。其论英国之地位，尤足发人深省。中引八月二十二日《公论西报》之言曰：
The position now is that Japan (in besieging Tsing Tao）has practically forced the hand of Great Britain. It is the beginning of the end of British, if not European, influence in the Far East.
〔中译〕
现在的情形是，日本（正在攻占青岛）实际已经缚住了大英帝国的脚，这是大英帝国（不是欧洲）对远东的影响终结的开始。
又引《字林西报》：
It is not easy to believe that Japan acted in the final stage with the full consent of England… It seems impossible.
〔中译〕
难以令人置信的是，日本在最后阶段的行动是在英国的同意下进行的。……这看起来似乎是不可能的。
《公论西报》屡言日英协约之非计曰：
England has suffered a severer blow in this disgraceful episode than anywhere else in the Far East during the past 100 years.
〔中译〕
英国在这一次极不光彩的行为中所遭受的打击比他过去一百年里在远东所遭受到的任何一次打击都要重得多。