To the Bditor of the "Nonrn-Cxtwa Dau News."
Sin—With reference to Mr. Kacfatli, the Swiss Vice-Consul's, letter in to-day's paper, one would think that the Swiss Consulate had al-Yeady advertised it quite enough that they have no objection to issu-Sng you registration-papers and Pussports without the special proofs which they all Iden require when there is trouble, The fact remains Widler had both a Sw tion, certificate and a port in his possession at the time of his' arrest, and it would. have been more to the point if Mr, Kaesih hind come forward and. stated that General Yang Sen is. wrong when, he says that Mr. Widler was unrecognized. £0 arrested him. There' would. then have been a good opportunity for 'Mr, Kaestli to have con unfortunately the Swi ment was unable to proceed with the matter as they lacked the complete proof required as to Mr, Wid-Jer''s Swiss citizenship.'
is. also, T believe, puted fact that. the Swiss Consul aid at frst insist on Mtr Doing n Swiss citizen viswvis Gen eral Yang Sen, who, however to have taken' up the. posi he didn't care what, zen Mir, Widler was," oth him—and dealt with him. Whether it was the firm stand the foreigner-loving General of Sco chuan took up, and the $200,000 he auked for Mr, 'Widler's release, that induced the Swiss Consulate' sud-don)y to discover that they ret ed Aurther proof of citizenship bet" they could pm.cced in the matter, not known.
We are all very indignant with, the so-called "Chameleon Foreign: ors" who transfer their allegiance from one consulate to the other— and T see General Yang Sen is even trying to make capital out of thi in his statement of Mr. Widle 'The other' name should be Wang Hei-chih F9EX A.D. 321-379, Chin dynasty. Wang Hsi-chih was very studious in his youth; he mastered the Classics at an carly age. In the military service of his country he rose to the rank of Brigadier-General and is often mentioned by that title, ie. Wang chin E4; HL Yo eign (not Shik-chin)" is a military rank, not personal name. " Posterity knows him best as a very skilful penman, having introduced certain styles of handwriting which are. much admired to this day. "Tt is recorded that he transcribed the Tao-te-ching SUL(Gi&E "(Lao Tzir's famous book) for a Taoist priest, and received in return the present of a flock of geese. I can find nothing to show that he was a henpecked husband; authentic records are silent on that point, He was a native Huai-chi @rp (Shaohsing), (Chekiang Province).
For fuller details concerning these two men your correspondent should refer to the "Dictionary of Chinese Celebrities." BBL A
Tam ete, Zavoc.
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