Through the July 19 issue of the "North-China Herald," of Shanghai, I have read a statement, quoted by the Kuo Min agency, which you are reported to have made July 8, as follows:—
(ow take the case of Dr. Gilbert Beg for Instance, Dr. Reid May I correct your stitement regarding my father's case? He was deported from China by the American Government, but _n9 charges were brought against him, nor was he given any hearing, and the sole reason for his deportation was a request received by the American Legation at Peking from the then Chinese Government at Peking that for the duration of the war.
My father, when denied a hearing at Tientsin, asked that he be handed over to the Chinese authorities; bat the American consular court reply was that he could not be expatriated.
'Of course, as everyone familiar ith the case knows, the Peking induced' by vai celebrating my oth birthday.
I shall be glad for you, ani others, to know that my father's case was extraordinary, that he had no chance to defend: himeelf, and that not a single paper in China reported the facts accurately. As a result, misconceptions have endured all these years in many minds as to his attitude and position in 1917.
Thanking you for taking note of this, I am.
Sincerely yours, JoHN Giseet Rew.
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