the Bulter of the "Nonrn-Ciina Datty News Sin,—All intelligent. and. vightminded people should do what they can, and without delay, to enlighten thers regarding the implication of Communism and what are its rea! aims. To the simple and vninformed, "Communism" means simply the abolition of personal ownership; and the term "Communist" was Invehted in order to suggest whose sele aim is merely to secure, By, this means, community In and distribution of wealth.
Bit it involves of logical necessity fa great deal more; in practice it Involves the loss of all that is dis-cee without: bag ie every Pos sible effort to save himself, and in truth this is the exact ease of everyone who does not realize what Com-manism means to himself, or herself, personally. We believe that China, and particularly Shanghai, ig seriously threatened with internal dangers far more subtle in operation, more disastrous in ultimate results than open warfare.
'Our Secretary and Director of Propaganda is Captain A. E, N. Howard, who, for the past three years, has, here in Shanghai, fought the menace of Bolshevism' with a singleness of purpose and. with an effectiveness which is now being acknowledged the world over. As committee, we intend to do our utmost to assist him. tinctively or specifically human as opposed to animal, of all that makes worth living, or all that makes. others, 2 for self-respect and respect. for
We shall lose, as the foreign manipulators of Communism design that we shall, our spiritual birthright of free-will or personal liberty, and our popular or evil liberty de-we shall lose our ways described by Communists as "Capitatist dope"
ud all consequent ideas of morality the nature and divine ave thority of right and. wrong; the family "also—in Socialist jargon the hotbed of individualisin'™—to which we look as the foundation of national and. personal character: and the nation itself—"the hideous ace monopoly" of the Socialists—swith its power, so inimical to Com-runism, of uniting men athornrt lass" and "self-interest" in a com: mon aspiration and a common Ihumanity. The destruction and loss of all these interdependent. things fand of much more of the sublime fand good. that springs from then would follow inevitably and of ne cewsity from Communism whether the authors of the scheme wanted it or not. But they do want it. The Communist directors of the Revolutionary Machine have immediate objective the destruction of all political nations beginning at the British Empire, which it is claimed is. the bulwark of moral Individualism and the greatest anger to. that very Communisn which is to be the instrument of What Japan is Spending We, therefore, are entitled to ask for tuficient support from" the public and are confident that subscriptions will be forthcoming when people begin to ace results; we shal, be especially grateful to these who express their confidence committee, and in Captain Howard, by bees Ing members now when 30 mich depends upon making a good start. In this connection we may say that the Government of Japan has decided to spend no less assum than" Yen, 2,000,000, an-unally, to fight the menace of Bolshevism.If'n fraction only of the money represented by the huge losses Shanghai firms have suffered during the. past few years as a direct result of "Red" agitation had been contributed to propaganda such we are now intending to carry fon, their financial outlook to-day would not be 30 dark. Last yeat the late Dean Symons said of Captain Howard that "had his advice been heeded, Shanghai would have Seen saved! much of the trouble of the past two years," and a_ well known banker" recently said regard his (Captain Howard's) pro-Daganda as better than fire Snatemee.
Amongst our recent members is the Hon. Sir Monty Pollock,.cx Member of the Leginjative Council of Hongkong, "and we have this keentleman's permission to his latter to our Secretar fappenr, together with others of 8 similar ature, in the. fest. issue of our official otgun "The Antidote."
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