Chairman of Party on the Statements of Other Members Manila, Aug. 21, Mr. George Johns, editor of the St. Louis "Post-Dispatch" and chair man of the group of American journalists who recently toured the Far East under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment Fund, has given the Unitet! Press a statement commenting upon interviews published in the Osaka "Mainichi" by Mr. Gideon Lyon of the Washington "Star" and Mr. Fred Hague of the "Los Angeles Times."
Mr. Lyon and Mr. Hague had criticized the National Government at Nanking,, and also the Kuomintang. Concerning their statements, Mr. Johns sai "No member of our party was authorized to express the opinion of any or all of the other members "]of the group. That was thoroughly understood, "Rach one was free to express his own sentiment, however.
"We were not under Japanesy supervision -in China, We were the care of, and accompanied by, Chinese who arranged our itinerary, and all our functions, "I am not authorized to speak for the party, but for myself, 1 can say that I never lost sympathy with China in her effort to establish Republican Government.
Foreign Correspondents Question "Most of the members of the party criticized the actions of Nanking in attempting to deport Mr. Hallett Abend, correspondent of the New York "Times," However, the criticism was friendly in spirit, ind based on the ground that deportation or other punishment of foreign correspondents who sent out statements unfavourable to the Chinese Government was a sort of intimidation, which would embarrass newspaper friends of China in Ameries recognize mistakes on the of China and the fact that condit in Chind'are not altogether satis ta tory, but I appreciate the difficulties under which the Chinese Government is labouring. I believe that China is making progress and that Phases due to revolution and to obstacles in the way of progress will pass in ti
of Japanese propaganda During the trip T was not aware Propakanda against believe that extratervitoriallty will be abolished when the Chinese demonstrate the organization of sound judicial system—United Press,
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