Propaganda usually destroys itself and its purposes by exaggeration, innuendo and stupidity. cently a writer in the "China Times" referred, in an interesting article, to the failure of China's propaganda in this moment of need. This is naturally a very serious matter, for just now China requires all the friendship in the world and. the press of both the United States. and Great Britain are not, taking: 'a3 friendly a stand as they did even during the very trying days of 1925 to 1927, The explanation is quite fon the surface: China's own statement of her ease has been very badly handled, not only by Chinese propagandists but particularly by the foreigners who have been employed for that purpose. They have done China infinite damage by their falsehoods and exaggeration and the Nanking Government could serve the Chinese people in no way better: than to throw the whole crew overboard and to revise the official attitude towards the foreign and Chinese Press. Incidentally, one members a specific instance of how exaggeration spoiled an otherwise sensible book. The "New Republic" produced a book by a Dr.
Wang on the "Youth Move-in China." In this. book, the.
sined doctor permitted himself to ite that Great Britain's concessions and holdings in Chinaeamounted to 27 per cent. of the whole ter~ ritory of the country. to include all the outlying regions, including Tibet and Mongolia, 27 per cent, of China is just about the old 18 provinces. Any Chine should have known that, but Dr. Wang was anxious to make a point and forgot to look at his map. Who can believe anything in his otherwise instructive book when this careless statement is read?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.