the Editor of the NoRTH-CHINA DatLy News."
Sim,—Congratulations on your leader. which hits the nail on the head and which for "style" thoroughness might easily be take up with profit by others. Congratulations also on the "service of the last few days regarding the action around the Settlement.
After all Shanghai does like to know, as soon as possible, "what's fall the shooting' about." The Chinese newspaper men were active in }getting out some sheets on Sunday but none of the foreign regular issues carried any news and some even seem "peeved" because your yang want sv fur ea Mncsbale lfcribig our' mrnsnge on P30bs for a fr tu ape can see be Hak" feet "have 'a, brilliant. arose Front of bie. 'For the good of Colan 179, fol ome any and' the Kiangea province in pati stating cular such man of the calibre of leat the {tulian Government accused Starke Ca shoutd be retained the Masonic Lodges of political anti-the Peking Goverment hey are national activities, Reuter express Honext in her dee tse'
Sement fa China and Chin spied sed no opinion on the truth or other-ise of these allegations but merely general pute of Shang. announced that the Italian Govern-wil ash al throught ment had made them. This purt of osu Cheking nea Maral the message, therefore, could hardly layed the gines "tu prepa be considered "rabbi pare take my stand ete the The telegram went on to say that tgs in any" country. in Esrone text why Bars Chi the Italian lodges had been dissolved. Was this "rubbish ful, rom sels pin of ffews't ence more lea, Ito the Tt concluded by saying that reach aly ale of September talion Freemasons would be in 16m the Shang "ren scribed in the lodges of other coun cathy oe [saan like French and Blea tries. If, as you state, "Italian
paper to-day. With fair play and purely a political machine" is it not ho. treachery without a doubt likely that the lodges of such coun-Banks Ea at ce nats Set re wi aim Telan masons? Nanking and it will be to the good respect your note appears to us SETS NES "Mh Hahei cerebrate our-message rather retained by the Peking Government [than to prove it to be "rabbi
in he a the Kia Province, marek that "Those who are not with ated by Tan, ce Ds Brave.
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