To the Editor of the Nont-Cuina Dairy News."
'Sm—May I take the liberty' through your columns of making request, for information.
The report coming through the Japanese Toho News Agency that in an interview of Mr. Frank Lee with President Coolidge, the latter consented to negotiate a treaty with China, provided Peking and the Nationalists could agree, seems confirmed by the appointment of Mr. Alfred Sze and Dr. C. C. Wu to this undertaking. This will, of course, be in accordance with the request embodied in the Porter Resolution, which was reported favourably by the House Committee of Foreign Affairs.
We naturally wish to form some: forecast of the terms of such treaty, and'for this purpose, all information about Turkey should be made available. It is easy to guess that the Communists are planning for China along the lines with which they: were so successful in the case of Turkey. We may not have noticed at the time when Turkey prociaimher constitution, that red flags were sold by the thousand, fags on which the crescent wore the new fashion of "Liberté, Egalité, Fruternite." And at the Lausanne Conference, those who had with such loss saved the world in the war gave way to Turkey, sct the pace for China's demand to revise the treaties, as Dr. San tells us, We understand that in Turkey the "¥" had to "go on record that it holds_no Sunday Schools, ser-the "Y"" representative to get out. In the "Daily News"
December 17, 1927, a correspondent. reports that the "Wuhan Government are announcing regelations which practically put a ban on religion.
'As for business, when the treaty' between Turkey and the United States was made, it was understood that Mr. Chester thought it would be-easier thereafter for Ametica to obtain concessions and business: advantages. But we do not know how this has worked out.
Can anyone give us information to the exact terms of that treaty, das to its effect on business and missionary work? And, if. thi Proposed treaty is to be made America, under the leadership of men who pushed the Porter Resolution, is riy adequate provision being made to have American sen ment in China properly represent-
Tam, ete., Huan W. Ware.
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