I myself find the evidence conflicting.

At this moment the matter does not concern us." "And is Great Britain, then," Maggie asked, "believed to be so helpless that she can be stripped of the greater part of her possessions at the will of China and Japan ?" Prince Shan smiled.
"Great Britain," he reminded her, "has taken the League of Nations to her heart.

It was a very dangerous thing to do." "Still," Maggie persisted, "there remains the great thing which you have not told me.

These proposals, I admit, would strike a blow at the heart of the British Empire, but how are they to be carried into effect ?" "If I had signed the agreement," he replied, "they could very easily have been carried into effect.

You have heard already, have you not, through some of your agents, of the three secret cities?
In the eastern-most of them is the answer to your question." She smiled.
"Is that a challenge to me to come out and discover for myself all that I want to know ?" "If you come," he answered, "you shall certainly know everything.