"Cruel;.designing; cynical; trained in sophistry, and with an incredible lust for murder and destruction, the Red Tefror, under the guise of friendship, purposed to exterminate a helpless and distressed people. And in the initial process of such destruction, they planned through mendacious and subversive pro-Paganda to keep the rest of the world blinded lest their hellish designs be foiled by outside intervention. So well did they succeed {in their campaign of misrepresentation that even after Borodin & Ca. had swept the Yangtze Valley with his orgy of murder, rape, arson, looting, torture, and extortion, our government and that of other nationals still professed to believe that it was merely n phase of Thina's factional struggle to attain Such was the insidious influence of enemy propaganda upon the gress of America, that even that traited, able, and impartial observer of world affairs, Frederick Moore, representative of the "New York "Times," was censured by his own paper for his insistence at that time attempting to get the facts before the American public. The full, complete and unbiassed reports of our officials failed for " tire to Washington there were rumours to the effect that you had subject to change. been recalled and that American policy in China was about to under. go a change. To most of us such rumours were very disheartening. I say mostiof us because the fact cannot be ignored that there are some Americans in China who have let their zeal for the political aspirations of their Chinese friends make them forget that they are first of all Americans, that thei= foremost duty is to their own country and that the policy of the American government until changed should be respected. These Amer-Jeans are sincere sentimentalists, a type who could never ery out with Stephen Decatur, "My country, may she always be right, but right or wrong, my country!" They very properly encourage intense patriot. ism and foster a love of country among the Chinese without then selves giving unquestioning allegi-
And Those Others Then there are other Americans, Mr, Minister, happily only a few, who are dt sincere, who. with craven hearts bought by the lust of gold have sold their birthright for mess of pottage. For material nin they have betrayed their trast ave openly advocated violation vy the Chinese of our treaty rights, have criticized and misrepresented every effort of our Government. '0 uphold those rights until the treaties can be legally changed, and wou'd fadly ace all our yeated property Tights in China destroyed and. all American influence withdrawn for the benefit of a few politicians and to the great detriment of the Chie nese people as a whole.
But the majority, Mr. Minister, of your fellow countrymen in Chin fare ready and willing' to. accord '0 you, the personal representative of the' President, and. to. all. other oticers of our Government, ivi, Race Course on Monday Morning, taking the salute during the march past. With the exception of those Guinn to promote the counteract the cemalative effect of military and naval the ruppert snd poli Fare of the Chinese people it sua, and economic we sch ropagana "upon the goes ministration at.'Washington, But ea-poration "to "which "you are without saying that' the welfare of our officials in China did more than to the dreams of the Chinese [entired,. We are not unsympathetic INSTITUTE OF PACIFI of men on duty and those in hospital, the whole Regiment, which numbers about 1,000 men, took part in the ceremony in honour of the Minister, Lieut.-Col, Kilgore was ju command, After the men had come to attention, Mr, MacMurray made a general inspection, afterwards taking up his position at the reviewing dose, and, led by Liout.-Col. Kilgore and his staff, the column marched ast, Monday's Dinner Local Americans more than comfortably filled the assembly hall of the American Club, at a dinner given on Monday in Mr, -Mac-Murray's honour on his first public appearance in Shanghai since his return from Washington. Mr. C. H. French presided, and before introducing the Minister, presented Mr.
Franklin, who delivered welcoming address. The band of the 4th Regiment, U.S.M.C. was in attendance and "rendered musical elections during the evening.
The following were seated at the speaker's table:—
Mr, J, H, Paxton, Mr. U, G. Frondort, ber of Commerce; Ohdr. Poy, (C.F. Holcomb, Anerican Tr00 Capte JH. Merziam,. US.
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