doup To the Editor of the "Nowrit-CHisa Dalny News."
Sin,—It was not until yesterday that Teame to read in the "North China Herald" your leading article on "Shanghai and the War Cloud, reproduced from the "Daily News" of September 1. In this article you referred ut sonic length to the Sino-foreign gathering at the Chinese: General Chamber of Commerce on. Thursday, August 28, and your remarks contained certain facies which T deem it is my impers tive duty to point out as I was one of the participants at the and served both sides pretorial eapaci You said that before he and ion. were wholeheartedly in. the emt, would wet with the foreign:
ful the market place, Thi phase which rl fenied Mallee ave the writer's) "pt the lid on things "The Chinese. wi ether and then the matter to their prize The bare facts. of were:—
(Eh. The speaker la ite. Sung Man-chaing, "El ton, composed $25 came pomonally on 8 fan act, which is murder (or at-Foreina' feeling among the "Chinese tempted murder) inthe "first logres son munity. Mr. Sang answered Dhatically' that so far Tt is a Chinese war: let them Ress men were. concerned, fight it out among themselves. lon apsinat such dolegat Tam, ete, Wat. Yixsox Les.
Shanghai, Sept.' 8, 1924. of a single for~ Seeasion To the Editor of the "NowTH-CHiNA Dairy News.
Sir;—Condemnatory as every sane individual must be of jo} the fighting area engineered by garage proprietors, one must sympathize with Mr. Vinson Lee in his attitude towards such people. But his definite statement that foreigner versed in the arts of war. while on a joy-ride of this desert tion, deliberately sat down to a eigners in full accord and full public only" secretly' but on. the Lopes. were words never heard the' gathering." If any, speaker did Biter anything of the Kindy he must have spoken in a manner a together nor did. they say, that they (G), The Chinese, neither: whispered would refer the matter to their princi Pals. On the contrary, it was the for-Cign speakera themaclves. eho. said munity," but in attributing to. the Chinese speakers statements which they neither made nor contemplated to make, you appeared to have done the very, thing not to do. In your opinion ter puck their betoneings and go home like good patriots, Let them Temener that charity, starts Lam, ete, Shanghai, Sept. 9, 1924.
The meeting. wus [The Chinese business men were very fall. for a very definite purpose.
ager to see, both Kiangsu and Chekiang declared neutral zone fand in order to better drive home tothe military authorities of both provinces the. wisdom of sich terest. of both Chinese and foreign trad they conceived the idea of thi foreign mediative delegation 0 Bosiness men. Tt was pointed at the onset of the meeting that th yese merchants sought the cooperation of the foreign merchants instead of consulting.
Indirectly the Consular Body because the Chinese themselves firmly believed that any form of inter~ national intervention would lead to the most strous consequences, The object of the meeting therefore, to sound the foreix: Chamber of Commerce as to when their they were in a position of offering: the Chinese General Cham.
This letter is referred to in to-day's Notes & Comments.—Ed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.