To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuina Dairy News."
More than one of your readers have experienced a bad taste in the mouth" by your attitude towards Presidgat Li Yuan-hung. It is so evident that back of this attitude lies only the feeling, '"Never mind right or. wrong—but for. goodness sake get away from my front door."
Now it cannot very well be denied that if anybody is, Li Yuan-hung is the legal President of China and as such he be entitled to expect from you at least the courtesy, of his legal title. That he, in spite of hig undoubted sincerity and honesty, of purpose perhaps is not a man strong enough successfully to stand up against the unscrupul, ous Chili Party.and especially. the Tientsin Clique (helped by, the "Christian" General) is possible; but that should not pre-~ vent him from being able to move about the country aft will without insults from the foreign' press, That Shanghai is not the centre of political thought, but only the centre of trade is possible, hut might he disputed, at least the foreign Chamber of Commerce which once upon a time took upon itself to advise the "Manchu Government to abdicate (thereby (provoking broad smiles in' other foreign communities) must, when they thus tried: to meddle directly im Chinese politics and incidentally to help the downfall of the only pcessibie stable Government, have been of another opinion.
As to the messages and telegrams from "various organiza~ tions in Nanking we all know what they are worth, with a Chili Tuchun in power in Nanking.
By, your attitude you are really backing Tsao Kun and his rascally crowd, although such may not be your intention. Personally I doubt that President Li will-succeed in his object down here as he is not strong enough to command the confidence of a sufficiently numerous party, although all admit his good points. What I and many others object to is that he is not receiving fair treatment from your hands.
It is no use, when one lives in China, to say that Chinese politics have no place in ones neighbourhood.
As to expelling him from the Concessions—yes, expel every: Chinese if that is possible, I ceuld.see some logic in that—they should never have been ad~ mitted in; but as that it not possible at present, then why: make a start with the legal Pre sident of the country?
Thanking you for giving me space, I am, ete., DisinTerestep.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.