"I found that China and the people, not to Nationalist movement, hat badly distorted and sadly misunderstood in various countries which I visited," remarked Mr. Hu, "and, upon investigation, I discovered that the fault lay with the various press correspondents in China, who have been too anxious to deal with the military situation and have ignored 20 entirely the fundamentals, Indeed, the aspirations of the Chinese people and the political situation beneath the surface were utterly overlooked. The tide of public opin-jon, which had changed considerably the last few years, was counted as nothing. When' I was terviewed by the pres therefore, I told them that they were enti told them quite frankly, because they like frankness, that they si ply touched upon "the small and unimportant questions and let the big matters go. told them that they did not understand the real situation as it existed in China, When told them that the military situation did not count for much, they were astounded."
"As a result of my tour,"I think, many misunderstandings were cleared_up and the foreign countries jained a better understanding of When I said that we were not anii-foreign, they would not believe: me, because Japanese propaganda agents had been trying their utmost to undermine us in the eyes of the world. had to explain to them from the very beginning that we wanted the friendship of the foreign Powers and that our only. condition was that we should be given equality and justice. told them that China aspired only to! obtain her freedom," said Mr. Hu.
The Relations ith Russia Many people abroad thought that the Nationalist movement was a Commun movement, Mr. Ho fare paving the way for the time when foreigners will come under Chinese jurisdiction by rebuilding Chinn anew, Foreigners " unde and now that we only aspire for our just rights and they sympathize with us in our efforts to win back our full sovereign rights, but they wre not prepared to give up-their special privileges until they have received assurances that we will grant their citizens full ard proper protection. It is my hope, however, that the treaties will be revised in such a way that China will gain her proper place in the family of nations, There are bright hopes for gor (future relations with the The Tsinan Affair Turning to the Tsinan affair, Inv. Hu pointed out that Japanese pro wgandists flooded Europe—with versions of the incident. The Japanese telegrams always Europe several days before the Chinese messages and the result was that the Chinese delegates found it hard explain things days after the in fent took place. Time was wasted and the Chinese delegates found themselves in a bad position because. lof the delays in the telegraphic ser-
"It, made me angry, Hy, "but Thad to don to ' explain the real situation under the circumstances. The Iam sorry to say, accepted japanese versions and let ours remain in the cold. After a number lof conferences, I prevaild upon them to publish our versions and many of the newspaper editors admitted that they were too much influenced by the reports which they first received. Misunderstandings were cleared up as a result."
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Great Britain "As L already have said, the for eign Powers are beginning to understand us more and sympathize with us. In my conversations with Sir Austen Chamberlian, the British Foreign Secretary disclaime} all the statements that Britain was interfering with Chinese politics. Great Britain, he said, sympathized with the Chinese Nationalist movement and would render every help possible to the Chinese people. His Attitude was most friendly. Tt was a result of our conversations that many misunderstandings were cleated up and that the settlement of the Nanking outrage was brought about,
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