To the Editor of the "NontH-Cuina Darcy News."
Sit,—You have spoken the true word in your leader of this morning's issue. "Blockade the Canton river and the adjacent coasts." The "Red" government of Canton has, as you say, declared war on Britain, If Canton river was blockaded to Chinese ships it would be on its knees in a week. So would truculent} Swatow, Amoy ete. There is no need to interfere with the ships of now suppressed,
ice oar bale a pa 0 was necessary 0 twen o-men front. The papers have been sup pressed but the policy still goes on. This is why Americans are being fattered to the no small disgust of most of them. Even the Japanese devil is now found to be not so black as he was painted. The twenty-one demands and the days of humiliation have vanished into. the Chinese five minutes limbo of forgetfulness. This is all to the good, but the cajolery proceeds from' no sincere good feeling. It is the policy of "shortening the battle front." We have an effective nieans of retaliation at hand. Why not adopt it? am, ete.
Sense, Shanghai, Aug. 12, 192%
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