The Archive · 1933

Amity Returns to Tsingtao

Editor Apologises for a Headline About Nazis The dispute between the German community, of 'Tsingtao and the Tsingtao. "Times," over a leading' Jarticle which appeared in that paper jon August 29, has now been settled, Tt will be remembered that, follow: ing the publication of an editorial cle, entitled "Rabies in Germany," the German community were greatly incensed, and, besides withdrawing their support from the Journal in question, representations Were made which led to the editor, Major C. F. Stockwell, being sus: Dended for one day from use of the Tsingtao Club, of which he is a member.

As the result of negotiations which have been proceeding during the last month the following article

ber 26, under the heading of ingtao on Se} will must be the keynote of intern: Yonai relations at Tsingtao:—

"The Tsingtao "Times" has always! kept in view certain, tenets os its fixed Policy" to. follow. "Those include the advertising, fostering of and furthering of Taligtao in every laudable way, the! journal has been the. local organ of the. international speaking community of publication the international communi "It is almost a month since Tsing. tao's German community withdrew ity opport from this journal. In the intervening period the subject of offence has received much publicity in the fo ign press throughout Chin. have hed time te consider every of the case. Tt ie now time to take faction and state plainly that the Tsingtao, "mee" doer not intend to. perpetuate, o be the cause of any further lon, if it cam avoid It, for mutual respect and good will expressed fun counter to those of of Fenders, but when el fence is given, and if matters cam be mended by honest 2d-jon, when in the wrong, then. ths newspaper must publicly "dope such eps as may feed to good feeling the fate.

Our traditions give Joven that may be done withest right to state its op!

find if ty doing so we run the (eying offence, wil, ts all im the day's Sorke Dut an insult is something more than any editor in the world can ford. to. give 0 any section of his [journal's veadar, and for this reason wwe take pleasure to-day in presenting.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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