To publish @ newspaper in China during these important and difieulé days ts to assume a very serious responsibility At no other time and in no other place has more depended on the accuracy and completencas of published facts and on their constructive interpretation bath in editorials and in the arrangement of news columns.
In congratulating the "North China Herald" on ite 80th birthday, Col, L. M, Congrave. that because i is @ weekly instead of @ daily, and because also 80 many of ite subscribers are across the sea, that we are counting on it for both information and guidance, and that the laurels on its brows must not
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