To the Editor of the "Nonrnt-Cuwa Dany News.
Sin—Many thanks for your, very kind "write-up, in your April 18 issue_on the "come back" of "The [Japan Advertiser." Such commendamin is an. encouragement. which makes us, feel that the effort is worth while, You are quite right about the beautiful simile of the Phoenix rising from the ashes, it is becoming, a boring platitude. For along while T have been wondering about this mystic bird, "which, according to Japanese legend, is Suppose to live on, the Paulownia tree and ta associated with the advent of a new Emperor, With kindest wishes always and with assurances of my appreciation, believe me.
Shanghai, Apr. 22, 1031.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.