To the Editor of the NontH-CHINA Daly News."
Si—My attention has been drawn to an article appearing in your issue of February 27, ultimo, under the heading "Strange Find. Jat Dock" containing information published by the London "Daily Herald" on February and 6, which ication, running true to its Socialist breed, describes as "Strange Baggage for the East" a part of the personal effects which have brought. wit 'The facts are ax follows:—T have in the course of my work as Secretary of the Anti-Communist Entente of Shanghai, frequently' sent to me from all parts of the world, letters, pamphlets, and other documents relating to Bolshevism but {have no recollection of having sd, or of having had in my min, printed matter containe ing the information given to its readers by the "Daily Herald" that The Russian Soviets' avowed aim is world revolution, Ts this the Off Aim of our present Government iso? It certainly looks if to inform me from London, the pamphlet in question consists' of a portion of an article published by the London on December 5, 1929, under the heading "A Prediction That Came True" and reads as follows:—"MI, Oudendyke was the very able representative of the Netherlands. Government at St. Petersburg when the Bolsheviks overthrow the Jew Kerensky and began their reign of terror. "He spoke Russian well and Knew the principal agents in this so-called revolution, which he had watched in course of preparation. Equipped with knowledge probably. superior to that of any other neutral observer, he felt it to be his duty to convey this information to the Christian Powers whose cxistfence he believed to be threatened. On 6 September, 1918, therefore, he sent a Report—one of the most weighty Reports ever drafted—with important communication from the wretched British subjects imprisoned in the Fortress of Peter fand Paul, to Sir M, Finlay, our Minister at Christiania. The latter, forwarded this Report to Mr. Bal: four, who received it on Septem-is, 1918, and published it as a paper in April, 1919, after six months' delay. This revealing paper was entitled "A Collection of Reports on Bolshevism in Rus The entire Report is illuminating as to Bolshevik proceedings and s, but the kernel of the whole ed in the following.
The danger is now so great that I feel it my duty to call the attention of the British and all other Governments to the fact that, if an end is not put to Bolshevism at once, the civilization of the whole world will be threatened. This is. not an exaggeration, but a sober matter of fact...... 1 consider that the immediate supper Bolshevism is the greatest the world, not even excluding. the war which is still raging, and une less, as above stated, Bolshevism nipped in the bud 2 bound to spread Janother over Europe and the whole world, as it is organized and worked Jews who have no nationality and whose one object is to de: for their own ends the existing order of things. The only manner in which this danger can be averted would be collective part of all the Powers, T would bog that this Report be telegraphed soon as possible in cipher in fall te the British Foreign Ofice in view, of its importance."
Never has anyone shown more prophetic insight' than M. Oude en dyke. His forecast has been absolutely fal filed in every respect, and to-day the Bolsheviks—now vein London—eonstitute the Breatest danger to the peace and stability "of the world, even threatening civilization, Whether his vitally: important. Report reach= ed other' Chancellerieg. we. do. not Know, but our Foreign Ofico Toast' was, forewarned, and it did not—at. first—withhold the warn Ing from the public, sequel fs, however, extraor= dinary," The original. White Paper fauickly became unprocurable, and another, am "abridged edition' with the same. title, promptly. appeared Gd, instead' of Od, from. which fall that we have quoted, and more fof almost equal Importance, "had eon carefully eliminated. Te would particularly interesting, " but evidently Impossible, to aacertainy how this suppression of pregnant facts was arranged at the. Foreign This is the article as it in its entirety.
Of the additional matter attacking the present Government at home said by the "Daily Herald" tobe contained in the pamphlet fed to have been' found kago I have no knowledge and broadcasting was, apparently, limit~ ed to King George V Dock, London, and, perhaps (2), was accidental, However, the failure to each the British public in 1919 of the vital facts contained in, the article published by "the "Patriot" in December, 1929, is of a piece with the wholesale misrepresentation of concealment of a certain class of 1 facts, resulting in the present colossal ignorance of our people and the rise {0 power of the wreckers of our industries, I had intended to return to Shanghai by the S, 8, "Karmala" and had forwarded, some of effects for shipment by this steamer which I was to have joined at Port Said. Information "of what had happened to my baggage reached me through the Charge 'Affaires of the British Legation to the Holy See and, immediately, I wrote from Rome to' the Commissioner of Police, Scotland Yard, stating my willing ness "to return to. England to answer any charge that might be preferred against me for T am conscious of mo wrongdoh His reply was as follows:—"24th February, 1931. Sir, In reply to four letter of the 10th instant, I m directed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to acquaint you that the matter had not previously been brought to his notice and that it is not within his jurisdiction."
my letter to the Commissioner of Police I stated that—"I consider Bolshevism to be the most resolutely infamous form of government ever devised by the mind of man and am not afraid to say so." Not even in the darkest days of the great war has the British Empire been placed in greater danger than it is now and the immunity of our country from the world rovolutionary movement has obviously. vanished. Teannot conclude my letter with words more fitting to the present situation than those quoted by Lord Sydenham of Combe in his Preface to Colonel vemark= able book (now edition) "The Ah "Oceidit, Jand alleged that the mortgage of a million taels and" an additional mortgage of half a million taels recently made for respondents by Wong ien-chung, compradore of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, constituted an unlawful aet in defiance to the court onder restraining respondents from iE (disposing of the estate. their opinion, Wong, who was the father-inlaw of the fifth respondent, Sih Kung-sun, and who had full know: Tedge of the situation, had no right to effect such mortgages. Counsel, therefore, insisted that respondents should be ordered to put up substantial security:
The lawyers for the defence asked for a further postponement in order to, prepare a defence or to raise After questioning one of the respondents as to the existence of the alleged mortgages, the Judge ordeted the subpoena of Wong Hien-ch for examination and again ordered all of the respondents to appear la person at the next hearing.
Howano, Secretary, Anti-Communist Entente of Shanghai.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.