the Editor of the "Norru-Caiva Daly News"
Smm,—Transocean, the German News Agency, published the death of Jacob Wasserman, mentioning st the same time that he was one Of the most read German authors, We think it would be well worth mentioning that Wassermann was a dew, one of these Jews, whose Writings have been condemned and abused in the course of the "purim fication" of the German literature, and refused to be counted as Ger man, "Why then, all of a sudden, call him, when addressing the public abroad, as an outstanding German writer? Is this a tacit, acknow-Tedgment of Wassermann's genius or an attempt to enhance many's spiritual reputation "by claiming a man as one of her own, Whom, on the other side, she out: classes and refuses? for Hon. Secretary Tne Jewisn Derexce Leacue: Shanghai, Jan,
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