Haichow, Dec. 10.
1 was wondering whether Mb. Wen's article in the N. EY. Bulletin was worth replying to when I found it reproduced in the North-China Daily News" of November 27. With the editor's introductory note that the article is extremely interesting al] will agree. There is, moreover, & note of sincerity throughout that will make a profound impression on many readers, which will be augmented by the reputation of My. Wen for intelligence and integrity. But to any one who knows anything about the facts Mi. Wen wi}. stand out as a towering example of gullibility to say nothing his failure to grasp even the geographical circumstances of the case, He states that "within a rai of 100 (i around Paotzeku is not a single school.' Pawotzeku is not on Dingle's map but can be located approximately 55 i or about 18 miles or less northeast of Tsaochuang. Place one leg of pair of compasses anywhere in that general location and it will be se once that a radius of 100 1é in_at least three Asien cities—i, Yi, and eng and the circle will cut close to souhsien, the famous home ai Mencius, Kufu, where Confucius lies buried, and come on the far east within a ow miles of Lchoufu. The district contains a vast population and ages by the thousand, And Mr. Wen solemnly assures us that there is not a single school in all that region! The writer would venture that a thousand schools could easily be found within that radians, and he happens to know very personally of a theological semurary and a normal school, jun industrial school and what not wit on the ground. One is utterly amazed at such a& statement from any-ady at wi, all the more trem Mr. Wen. ply 'RHE PouR BANDIT.
But Mr. Won's prize utterance is lo be fouud in the same parao graph. He lectured to the bandats and "asked if they knew that killing and robbery jate wrong' to which they replied "No," and Mr, Wen certainty gives us the impression that he swallows their innocent claim! Let it be admitted that the consciences oj} the bandits become a little dulled as measured by Christian standards thro is one thing that cleatly known by everybody in North China, with the possible exception of lunatics, imbeciles and congenital idicts—and that is that killing and robbery jure punished with the death penalty.
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