To the Editor of the "Norta-Curna Dairy News."
Sir,—Mr. Coates and "A S. O. P." probably imagine that they have each scored one over Dr. Chatley and "Protestant."
Tam not by any means satisfied that the "new sect," springing up on every hand like mushrooms in a night, as distinguished from the older organization in Shanghai, in spreading their wild stories of an approaching world calamity, did not obtain their inspiration from Mr. Coates. Months ago Mr. Coates was warned in your columns of the baneful effect his prophecies would produce on the superstitious Chinese mind. He ignored this at the time, but now disclaims the responsibility by trying to make out that the Chinese predictions were anterior to his published statements in this
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