June 9, Now that the Northern "Ex: pedition is over, it is to be hoped that liberty of religion, press and opinion in Nationlist territory will be resumed.
Out of fear of Communist the Nationalists have suppressed every form of independence of thought, Taking the unscientitically conceived "Three People's Principles," as a basis for thought and education, they have, without qualification, attempted to force all human thought into a single mould, achievement which has met with success in any country jor at any time in history. As long as the Northern Expedition created a sort of war fever, men submitted to censorship as Euro-Americans submitted luring the Great War, but once criticism of the gov ment no longer gives comfort to the enemy, men will most certainly rebel against being treat-Jed like school-boys, As a mat ter of fact, only the school-boys appear tobe free to expre: themselves, perhaps bocal they have, for the moment, mentalities similar to those which control the censorship of the intellect. It is with some surprise then that one notes the following from Nanking:
"A Censorship Board to axal mine all writings for publication has been appointed by Br, Hseuh Ta-pi, Minister of interior. The Board will consist of Mfr. Fan Chung-li Chairman, with Messrs. La Teh, Hsu Hsicchun, Man Tu, Hua Teh-wei and Kan Chien-yang as members."
Mr. Hsueh Tu-pi is the gentle man who governs by maxims, to which we made reference some time aga. He apparently be-ves that he can make the [world conform to a yard stick.
It is said of him that during a very laudable cleansing of the city of Kaifeng, he ordered all gates to be painted blue; all fetterings of these. doors to be white: and that a red.band must surround the whole. All this is
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