A letter, urging the inadvisability of the Consortium making loans to the government, has been addressed to Mr. Thomas Lamont by four local Chinese bodies. It is signed by Mr. J. Y. Hon, acting chairman of the Chinese National Organizations Union; Mr. K. Dib, president of the Chinese National Students' Federation; Mr. K. A. Sun, acting chairman of the Shanghai Associated Bodies; and Mr. 8. Beau, president of the Shanghai Students' Union. The letter is in the following terms:
Dean S1r,—We are much satisfied with your promise given in your interview with the representatives of the different organizations that the New Consortium will after formation respect the wish of our people, and we hereby take the opportunity to lay before you what we have been unable to detail to you the other day.
Superficially, China seems to have two Governments, namely, the Peking bogus Government and the Canton Military Government, but practically she has none. The reins of these so-called Government are held by the most corrupt and selfish officials and militarists whose conduct is absolutely contrary to the people's wishes and whose actions tend to arrest the progress of society and to trespass upon the liberty of the common folk.
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