Judgment on the Japanese charges that the Chinese" Government has been" subsidizing foreign correspondents must be held up pending the production of the documents said "have been found by the Japanese Army in Nanking. These documents, according to the Japanese, go to prove that newspapermen in China have been bribed. The Japanese spokes man on March 16 said that he would produce the documents in question for Inspection by foreign Correspondents, The documents are awaited with "interest by the correspondents Shanghai, where" the charge Ie greeted with "general incredulity. Reuter "has been specifically named as "receiving a subsidy. On March 16 the General Manager of Reuter's In the Far East, Mr. C.J. Chancell ridiculed the charge, and all who are acquaint ed-with the reputation of that famous news gency will agree that the allegation Jo absurd, Meanwhile the charge has been the subject of much flippant comment among the generally penurious newspaper community. Who has been getting the money? And how much? A@luence
escapes notice and a degree of friendly envy.
40 unusual in the profession that it seldom And, besides, there is the ancient and oft quoted You cannot Nope to bribe or twist—Thank. Gedl—the British Journpiist. But seeing what the man vill do Unbribed, there's no occasion to.
So far the only documents produced affect foreign correspondents not ut all. More are awaited.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.