To the Editor of the "Nowtu-Emma Datty News."
Sin,—Nowspapers follow the men who go into far countries to do business.
Without—business, would not exist, newspapers In the present situation in China the chief concern of business men their future in this country.
Winston Churchill pointed out recently that it was bad bus: ness to quatral_ with one's customers.
Your policy and that of many of your correspondents is to keep alive every phase of anti-Chinese rit and thus foster every vhase of anti-foreign spirit in this country.
You are publishing literature which appeared at the time of the Boxer Rebellion and it looks as if you are doing your best to create tha same kind of atmosphere now! although the ntitely different.
lat will not help business because Wusiness can only proceed in an atmosphere of confidence. and wal trust, You ridicule every letter sent in to you which shows that in many places in China, Chinese and foreigners are working together.
You need not fear that the gravity of the situation will be lost on your readers when the statements male those who have left their Eemtes jin the interior are read. But all you do now is to emphasize that aspect as being all that is awful, and anything said on the other side a all that is ridiculous, You disagree with our government in thet actions, wh: i Wane derful resulty not only in gaining the approval and sympathy of other rations, but it. gaining the felendship of all moderate Chinese, and strengthening the hands of the moderates in the Chinese Nationalist Government.
You are fighting for the maintenance of the status quo although! you must realize, as our govern ment realizes, that great changes are taking place here and it is a wise policy to meet them in al friendly way. To work for peace by negotiation but to fail in the end through no fault of ours is one policy. Tt is quite another policy to make negotiation dificult, in fact to oppose it, and to create fan atmosphere of hatred and bittenes, which is your policy. If} spite of all the efforts of our government towards a peaceful settlement the Chinese insist on boycotts, and trying to drive us into the sea, then I have no doubt that shall be united in supporting any action the government may tak That time has not come ant until it does, isn't it best that instead of emphasizing the enormities of the present situation you! [took @ longer view and emphasized the bright spots and do something t0 lay the foundation of better relations "in China and so better Serious trouble would dislocate business to such an extent that what {iy now bad would be hopeless. Under the most favourable elreumstances it would take years recover and the chances " are that the new China now coming to life would harbour such animosity towards us that it never would rs. cover.
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.