The American Attitude To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cuina Dany News"
Smn—In the last issue of the "Asia Magazine," in an article on Chinese reactions to the cinema, there is a Paragraph which should be a strong challenge to the American residents in Shanghai.
Mr. Burton, the writer of the article says:
The distbutors must take into the United. 'States is. presented in more' pictures than is any other country and presented more often ili 1 questionable light."
This is a very clear statement, both of the power of public protest, and the failure of the American community, or certain bodies in the community, to make any protest. Phe number of high-minded American residents in Shanghai must be equal to the number of those who deprecate strongly the representation of all that is low in American life, and especially the degradation of Ameri~ can womanhood as shown on. the screen. There must be many who, like myself, feel ashamed for their country every time they look at the advertisements of American films in the papers.
Are there not American groups in Shanghai who are ready to take up this challenge in Mr. Burton's article and formulate a protest which cat be presented to the distributors? There are many Americans all over China Tam convinced, who would be most glad to join such a protest in spirit, if not able to, in name.
Many F. Tooxen,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.