To the Ealtor of the "Norru-Ciuna Darcy News"
Su,—Ignoring Chao Kung's personal antecedents, one cannot but express tonishment that this man, in the role of a Buddhist abbot, can make a public statement such as that if he were "not granted perfect freedom and liberty in all Christian countries to lecture about Buddhism in the same unobstructed manner in which Christian missionaries are allowed to pursue their missionary activities in. Ching, then all Christian missionaries must get their baggage ready and quit. Chin Buddhism, among other things, in-gon the necessity of love towards all beings, as the highest sign of {rue religion, and it enjoins calm ness, meditation and prayer.
Abbot Chao Kung speaking on behalf of his ce-religionists or only for himself and with the heart of Trebitsch Lincoln?
Shanghai, July 11,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.