One of the best of Fleet Street's own particular stories is that of a very famous editor who was in a bad temper one day because of the apparently utter dearth of "copy," either Home or foreign, and, as he was particularly proud of his paper ay the one that always had plenty of sod news, he was hesi
obvious padding. In to know how to All mind he walked into the sub-editors' room and went into a regular fury when he found the whole circle of sub-editors doing nothing better than gossiping, Tt was explained that all the stories had been sent up and they had nothing with which to deal, "Nothing!" roared the feréat man, "Haven't you got a map of China?' Can't you make a war." Of course such @ story cannot be true, but it well illustrates the ignorance of people at Home as to things Chinese and shows that} something utterly wrong can get into print with small chance of being challenged. Many. ff the war already ha\ perhaps the best of which was the epic battle between General Quin San and General Liu Ho, and now there is this one from the "West-general Ly Yung-hsiang has ab: anddonod the defence, Woo egy "to says Marshal "Chang Taorln, the warlord of MuKden, I interenied party, and in anid. to have How secured" the control of Shanghai Ae" tuis be the "cave, Peking may" Yet nine Sim Yatene something tosay, nnd there'
It is not easy for us on the spot to understand how, when Gen. Ly, who was Marshal Chang's man, abandoned Shanghai, the place assed to the control of the Marshal, But what would one expect at Home when papers here announced the mining of the harbour and the mounting of scores of guns at. Woosung, when actually the few guns there were being taken away?
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