Canton, Jan. 24.
"North-China Daily Mr, J. O} P. Bland, criticizing the ability of the Young China Party for tke reconstruction of China an? advocating international control over China's national finances by the Powers, is most severely commented upon by the majority of the Chinese vernacular papers ut Canton.
The Chinese papers are unanimously of the opinion that Mr. Bland is working in the interests of a certain foreign Power (not his own mother country) whose militaristie policy is antagonistic to the national aspirations of the Young China Party and that his movements should be closely watched by all real patriots of China.
The "Chunghuapao" sarcastically reports that after the establisnment of an international board of control over Chinese finance, Mr. Bland will become the inspectes general with his headquarters io Peking.—Asiatic News Agency.
In the above interview it was stated: "Beyond the work for the papers he represents, Mr.
Bland owes no duty to anyone nor has he any political object to serve, so that his views have the interest of being absolutely unbiassed and the frankness one who is an old and devoted friend of China.
It 4 this frankness, we suspect, which is at the bottom of Cantonese Youne China's dislike of the in. terview. Incidentally Mr. Bland nov-~ "advocated" foreign financial control. He merely pointed out that unless the country would respect and support one central athentt= in China (which Canton notoriously refuses to do) foreign control of the country's finances would almost inevitably ensue. This of course is merely an expression of opinion, which by the wav many Chinese share. The amestion of fact is that Mr. Bland is employed by no foreign Power and owes no allegiance anywhere.
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