To the Editor of the "Nowmi-Cuuxa Day News"
Sin—The death of Dr. V. K. Ting, announced in your to-day's issue, recalls to mind the many-sided facets of his genius as statesman and scholar, As Mayor of Greater Shang-hol, in 1926, he exerted great imfluence in bringing the Chinese and foreigners closer together.
To the members of the local Jewish community he was often accessible, He had a high opinion of the late Mr. 8. A. Hardoon, whose friendship he cultivated and whose hospitality he enjoyed. Both were on intimate terms, realizing the usefulness of fraterntzation, 'The tale Dr. Ting was an admirer of men with' literary talent, One: Incident comes to mind which took place In the "middle part of 1926, when a noted Jewish poet and pub: Uelst, Perez " Iirsehbein, visited from America." In his message published in "Israel's Messenger of November 5, 1920, the noted poet lauded China, expressing the hope "that—with equality and freedom there shall come the enlightenment and iberuion of the great Chinese masses." When a copy of that issue was shown to Dr. Ting, he was appreciative of Jewish sentiments and wrote to the Editor of that journal, under dat of Nov. 12, 1926, stating, inter alt The Chinese people always love beice and Justice among themselves find "with their" neighbours, and 60 Unblassed observer will not fall to sympathise with them in their present dilfieities, "The kindly "feelings of the Jewish people as expressed by hele ears ae uray Dr. ting departed later Shanghai and very it tie was heard of hig activities. Through his work he added a fine chapter to the modern history of China and in him the country has lost a humanist and 8 patriot, "China may well be proud of him and hold him up as a model.
Mextor.
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