the Editor of the #NonvH-Cuink Datiy News"
Sm,—May I'in the interests of Ihistorieal accuracy correct a statement in your article on the Morrison Library in Tokyo? It is therein alleged: that "a chain of several hundred Chinese Christians bore the library from the Legation building, te Prince Su's palace and a few hours later the library building was! destroyed by fire."
'a matter of fact, Dr. Marr son's library was housed throughout the siege of the Legations in the riner thig-'rh. of the' approach to the Minister's house, Tt was stacked to form the walls of a small zareba to give a little privacy to Dr. Morrigon and a couple of friends. The Ssu-wang-fu was the scene of some ery hot fighting and no one would have dreamed of storing anything: valuable there, Tam, ete"
Ghangsha, Dee, 15, 1924,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.