To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cama Daty News.
Sm,—In reading the highly interesting account, "The Life of Dr. Sun Yat Sen," by The Rev. Father Pascal M. D'Blia, and now appearing in your colunins, I venture to make a suggestion to che author in the Interests of historical accuracy.
I refer to the latter part of today's (October 27th) article, in which Dr, Sun's financial backing from Overseas Chinese is dealt with. Mention is made by Father DElia of Chi support from Annam, France, Japan, Honolulu, but nothing is recorded of the part played by the Australasian Chinese providing Dr. Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang with the golden sinews of war, T. suggest" that Father D'Elia insert the name, "Australasian Chinese," somewhere ings, for to omit this ame, will prove a major omission, as future events and disclosures will establish beyond all possible doubt.
It is generally thought that, Dr. Sun Yat Sen established the Kuomintang. Such is not the ease, Years before the actual birth. of Sun Yat Sen, the Kuomintang, then known under a different name, existed im Australia, the peculiar. organization éf which party to thi very day bearing the imprint of ite Australasian forefathers, This another major historical fact Father Dia night prefably Such an ambitious work as the Life of Dr. Sun Yat-sen," in my opinion is incomplete without the record of the Kuomintang. Its dirth, its adolescence, its growth to maturity, its persecution, its bid for power, and now its glorious achievement, are matters that demand patient research and—impartial adjudication. Neverthless, for all its short-comings, omissions. and obscurities, I do heartily recommend to Chinese and fo ers alike, Father D'Elia's account. of Dr. Sun's life, A copy of this Book should be on the shelves of every library in the world, for in no other mortal had the spirit of adventure worked such a miracle for the good of mankind than in the person of Sun Yat-sen, the "Abraham Lincoln" of China,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.