Apart from the letter which we publish to-day, mo Tittle evidence Teaches us that the proposal put, forward in these columns two days ago by a "Veteran American, Missionary," for a united iclegram from all the American community {to President Coolidge, finds much support locally. In fact there ap: ears no harm in saying that steps. fare actively being taken to The suggestion has inoed that a mass meeting fof the American community in 'Shanghai should be held with the object of getting the widest sup) for the telegram. All this is very' much to the good. In to-day's tele grams President Coolidge is quoted fu an interview with Reuter's Washington correspondent as sayi that he can sce no purpose second note about Nanking. Everybody will agree with him in this What more he might see the necessity of doing, to avenge the Nanking outrage, and indeed, for the general fature welfare of his fellow-countrymen in China, President Coolidge does not say. It must, however, fairly be borne ind, that nationalist propaganda in America is tremendously strong and active, indeed, it does not stop at terrorism; jand we have good reason to know that many missionaries now at sently we saw, the flash of her machine-guns. "She fired several short bursts." Her fire was replied to from behind the knoll and then, apparently unexpectedly, we saw spatter of splashes around her and found that a field-gun had opened from below Chusan Pagoda, on the slope of the hills half-a mile back. After firing a few shots from her pom-poms, the Kiawo followed us upstream and we found, to our regret, that they needed a doctor as she had had a casualty.
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