To the Editor of the "Norta-Cuixa Dairy News."
Sir:—In the December, 30, 1922, issue of your paper there appeared an article under the name of "Chinese Exaction of Chinese Eastern Railway. Sharp indictment of Chinese exaction and mismanagement on Chinese Eastern Railway, by M. de Bunting, dated Harbin, November 30, The author of this article for some reason or other made a very sharp criticism on the activities of the Chinese authorities in the Zone of. the Chinese Eastern Railway. The name of the author being similar to the writer's, the article has been ascribed to me. I wish, by this to make a public statement, that I not only disapprove of the article and of the criticism unjustly made, but I personally, direct or indirectly have had nothing whatever to do with it; and furthermore the author is not even known to me. This article is being used by certain people in this territory. as propaganda matter against me; I would therefore earnestly request, that this letter be published in your paper at the earliest possible date, to assure' my
approve the contents of the article, many Does friends, that I dis-and emphatically deny any connexion with it. Thanking you 10 advance.
I am, ete., Buytixa. Representative, Baldwin Locomotive works.
Harbin, Mar. 12, 1923,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.