This article is written in protest at the attitude taken towards the igreat_ mass of the Chinese in the Settlement by their foreign friends, and also by the foreign press; and even more in-protest. at the manner in which the words strike and boy-att, have been put into the mouths of. the press and foreign. residents here by an irresponsible but astute intimidators. vda_ has been distributed among the Chinese who are able to read their own lange uage a Tittle with the object of turning them against the foreigner. Wt has fallen on fruitful soil as far the "student" body is concerned, and the simmering pot eventually oiled over on May 30. The nature of this propaganda must be known the authorities of the Settlement.
The writer has seen illustrated pam Phlets depicting conditionns in Rusas happy. conditions as one could wish, alleged to be the outcome of the recent revolution there, They may or may not be true, If they are we deserve what we dre setting; if they are not, the Council of this Settlement is culpable ju tome measure in not eounte ing: them with pro-foreign prdpagands, for it seems impossible to sup press
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