To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cuina Datty News"
Sim—In your issue of today you publish an interesting letter addressed to the President of the Cen. tral Union of Chinese Students by Mr. Walter Longford, President of the National Union of Students of the English Universities, Reference is made to a from the Chinese student body dated June 14, a copy of which, if T am hot mistaken, appeared in' your p: per about the same time. It is somewhat, surprising, however, that in spite of the time that has elapsed between the receipt by the English Student Union of that letter and the reply thereto, the latter being dated November 18, the general tone of the letter of the President of the English Students Union seems to indicate that this gentleman was still entirely ignorant of the real causes that led up to the May 30 incident, which was the subject matter of the Chinese students'
President of the Union. After very considerable lapse of time he replied, thanking me for my information, and stating that the letter from the Chinese Students had not yet reached him. He ask-Jed me if I could send him a copy, and he also asked any other information or opinions that might be useful to him, I was unable toy supply a copy of the letter, although I tried to obtain it from' the local st Organizations, "etc, press, but I sent further, details of
In view of the great differ: ences between Chinese students Tu England and in Ghina, I took great care to emphasize the various points which Verax" presumes! were hidden from the English Union.
'The Chinese Students' letter has] evidently now reached England and, instead of adopting the pre-Judices of "Verax," the National Union of Students has extended invitation to the Chinese to send an authorized representative to their annual conference, at which guests. fare welcomed from all nations.
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the explanation may be
Walter Longford applied for enlightenment to a Br. Gideon Chen, who we are told had recently arrived from China, but one cannot help feeling that if Mr. Longford had only been privileged to see even ocensional copies of the "North-China Daily News" or the "Herald" issued since May 90 he could have placed before his committee a very much more reliable view of the case, and have been able to arrive at a correct estimate of the value of the Chinese Students' letter ch seems to have created such an impression both on himself and his committee.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.