An Australian who has returned to England after some years in England writes to the Morning Post" a very disturbing letter describing the malignity of the Sinn Fein propaganda in Australia and the way in which the Roman Catholic Church is being used in its service. The letter is too long to print in full, but this extract will show its tenor The Roman Catholic authorities are filling the country with extreme Sinn Fein Irish priests, French and English Roman Catholic priests are being squeezed out for them. The Roman Catholic children are being taught at the Irish Roman Catholic schools a virulent hatred of England. A Roman Catholic friend of mine tells me that her boy, aged seven, came back from school the other day with a most harrowing tale the nuns had told him of the English burning poor little Irish boys in their beds and tearing their mothers to pieces. The loyal Roman Catholics are very disgusted but seem to be helpless, as the machinery of the Church seems to be in the hands of the Sinn Feiners. Yesterday there were disgraceful scenes in the Sydney Domain, where the Union Jack was curned by the Sinn Feiners.
Tue first number is published of the "Chinese Stndent." the official organ of the Edinburgh Chinese Students' Union. Up till now no nation has, we believe, been persistently maligned and misrepresented as the Chinese by the cinema, the sensational novel, and literature of one kind or another," states the editorial. "Just as we earnestly desire to take back with us when we leave these shores correct: impressions of the British people, may we be permitted, while we are still here, to do what lies within our power in the interest of truth where China is concerned?"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.