The Archive · 1934

BARONESS CLIFTON

And a Recent Article

To the Editor of the "Noneu-Ciuxa Dany News SinYour editorial in yesterday's issue' of your paper captioned "As Others See Us" was evidently written without the knowledge of the Identity of the author of the article appearing in the May issue of "Blue Peter," called "Shanghai."

'A copy of this interesting magazine was sent' me by the eminent artist Mr. W. M, Birchall, whose pictures adorn the' pages of that periodical. The - article marked for notice, and'T immediately went back into my memory to the year 1926 In when Baroness Clifton visited Shanghat remained for some weeks as jduest of @ British Consular At that time everyone was reading her interesting novel of Peki called "Legation Street" which was in 1025. She used in the pseudonym of What has evidently that in 1926 the Baroness.

"Blue Peter" this article on Shang-hal and for some reason or other was put down at the bottom of editorial barrel and just now dug up, it is hardly fair for you to say that she has "burst into print with such misstatements."

If you re-read the article with the year 1926 in mind it is not so bad. The printing of this article at this late date is not the fault of the author of, the magazine which published Shanghai, June 15. ssentiss Cowper, may rest assured that the writer of the editorial was Dperfeetly acquainted with the identity Baroness Clifton, and also knows that articles of this nature do. not rest in the editorial barrel for eight years, and. then receive public without being brought up to date,

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

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