To the Editor of the "Noxrit-Ciuxa Daty News."
Sm—When I wrote you on April 30 in connection with your leader under the heading of "More libels on Shanghai? I hoped that some other correspondent would take euf= ficient interest in the matter support of my suggestion, namely, that steps should be taken to have Mr. J. B. Powell, Editor of the Weekly," removed from his position as resident cor-Yespondent of the "Manchester Guardian." Althoush there "are very many British people here who strongly resent the fact that an American—and one who has heel severely "turned down" by his own nationals here—with such a pronounced anti-British bias should continue to represent the "Guar dian," and so be enabled to dissemmate those deliberate mis-statements and half-truths in the concoction of which Mr. Powell is such a past-master, it is extremely diffi cult to do anything in the matter unless some influential person or body takes the lead.
In "Notes and Comments" on the th instant you had occasion again to pillory the editor of the review," this time on the score of jous mis-statement of fact? regarding the Sino-Japanese posi tion, and on the 27th instant British Supreme Court, After a number "of articles slating Mr, Powell for his various untruths, the "Shewdown" of last week wrote very strongly on the subject of deliberate misrepresentations xe+ garding the Russian Company of the S.V.C, and their employment fon police' duties while wearing. "British Military uniforms." which appeared in both the "Review" and. the "Guardian, It will be seen that there is limit to the subjects which Mr, Powell takes as a medium for spreading his malicious propagands, and in all probability each suceeed= ing issue of the "Review" will con. tain more and more of these deliber erate untruths, which are written with the express intention of poison ing the minds of his veadars here and abroad against the activities British in particular-and all foreigners in general in their relax tions with the Chinese, Every incident which can in any way be converted oF distorted into ant British or anti-foreign propaganda will undoubtedly be s0 used, and if corrent events do nod furnish sufficient, Mr. Powell and his satellites will delve into past history or their own imaginings for fur~ ther evidences of the evils China suffers from the "imperialistic Those who pay the piper can, of course, call the tune; and 0 Jong as Mr. Powell's own govern= mental officials see no reason to prevent him from continuing his antisforcign outpourings in the various periodicals to which he contributes, those whom Mr. Powell serves can look to him to keep the evil work going at full pressure, But it is time that we British people here took up the cudgels in our own defence, and, in so far as the "Manchester Guardian" is concern ed, we have a right to insist thi such a representative British news paper should be represented " in Shanghai by someone who at least is not entirely antagonistic to Bute ish interests, as Mr. Powell cone tinually shows himself to be. have little reason to fear fair com: ment and truthful reports of hap= penings in which we are concerned, but there is no reason why should stand for deliberate mi representations and misleading: 3 sinwations from the pen of "Mr, You have felt it necessary draw attention (0 Mr, Powell's writings—ean you not fo a step further and take the initiative in his removal from the stall n'? Or persuade imber of Commerce to make a move in the matter? Tam, ete,
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