the Editor of the "North China Daily News"
Sim—I had ccesrion lately to meet a Chinese delegate from Peing, one who hed been clothed th authority to cattle the present crisis id bring about peace and {tranquillity in the disturbed settlements assigned to foreigners by treaty. In the course of my conversation. with this delegate whom T had known for a number of years, Twas rather struck with the spirit, lof hostility: displayed by him subjected. In my long residence in China, covering a period of well-nigh three decades, I have seldom witnessed such 8 wave of anti-British feeling. In the eyes of merous Chinese, Shanghai looms largely as a "British" colony ruled "British" Governor and not) Blame for the present. cris placed at the deer of no other! nation except. England.—The friendship of the latter towards [China is almost forgotten and a new Pharaoh is recognised in her Istend. There are incendiaries who maliciously eet fire to. buildings jand destroy property. There are endiaries_ who deliberately in. fame the passions of men and kindle the fires of hate. Of the two ithe latter are undoubtedly. the greater menace.. We can extin-guise the fires in our cities. But [who can check the fires of hate? [We imprison the ordinary incen.. alary. What penalties do woesxact these who rouse mob pa cendinries axe there who ternaticral ill-will. And these! fices of huroanity must be ruth. leesly exposed in ell their naked. ness and internationally cstracised. It is gratifying to observe that you fare issuing leaflets in Chinese in order to diseeminnte the truth amongst, the thinking classes of China, Yke latter has assuredly no just ground to decry England's share in the make-up of this great country. T believe the latter owes much to the former.
It was England who first recog. nied the Chinese Republic and fostered friendly relations with! her. It was England who fos. tered the trade and commerce and given it a strong flip until it is now the envy of the whole world. Along eduentional tines, which Power has done meet for China if England, England who has! helped and supported the weak and oppressed nations. I believe i
policy in Chia in ea much rexpect 40 England that the open door and upheld by all the Powers.
Let China remember all this and use a little while before plunging in to the black abyew of despair.
Chinese students at Reking fed an egregious blunder when they failed to accept the invitation extended them by the British Legetion to hear the other! ride of the core. Evidently thes "students" are, real. students of fhurean nature. "Charles Lamb once sid that he did not want to be introduced to a certain perecn, for, he raid: "I do net like Ein, and if 1 were to know him, I would be ture to love him." That's it!
For the present it cults the present feliticians to keep. aiccf from England, but kt China beware. Her path may appear for the time: being to be emcoth but her foundations are bound to be erected on and. She would do well to heed the words of a great philsopherpoet who raid, "We have been! building on the ice; we have been writing en the waver of the sea; the waves roaring Fars away, the ice melts, and away goes our palace Hike our thoughts.'
Tam, ete.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.