And Another Point of View the Editor of the "Nowru-Cumxa Dany News"
Su—I think it is somewhat unfor~ tunate that Mr. H. E. Arhold Jdescribed Mr. Martin's book as a travesty," because Mr. Arnbold's letter contains one or two exaguerstions! "Of course the "Morning Post likes to feature. statements that are more than ordinary, but if Mr. Arnold is trying to make an effective reply to the book which he declares contains serious misrepresentations, Ihe ought to be very careful of his statements.
I refer particularly to the passage in the. letter which says—"Mr.
Justice Feetham, after spending over year in Shanghai, issued a masterly report, which breathes sympathy with the Chinese feeling in almost every page" "T. wonder who told Mr. Arohold thatthe Feetham Report breathes sympathy with the Chinese feeling in almost every page! 1 do not remember any Chinese spokesmen who commented favourably on the sympathetic attitude of the Report. The foreign councillors of the SMC. where satisfied with the Report, and they had it translated into Chinese. How many copies were sold? 1 vusderstood that it was not a best seller!
1 wonder also how many people would characterize. the Feetham Keport as "masterly." It was an ex-Phaustive report; It was well-written. Hit was {ull of interesting details and data, but was it masterly? I have a feeling that if the Report had been masterly, then London and Washing ton might have received it' more favourably. I heard of one eminent Englishman, an authority on international affairs (who was somewhat Jconnected with Mr. Justice Feetham's appointment) who was considerably Jdisappointed with the Report. Yes, 1 think it would be quite interesting to learn whether the British Foreign JOMice would designate the Report as masterly." Of course the "Morning Post" is conservative, so I can quite imagine that they might think the Feetham Report was a masterpiece.
One other minor criticism 1 have to make is with regard to Mr. Arnold's statement about the practical results of the administration Jof the International Settlement, when he says that "it is not afraid fo subject them to impartial examination."
The difficulty is that it is not Jwhen it comes to giving information, Yet, when an impartial examinati 1 am not, 59 sure—as Mr. Arnhold apparently is—that the results have been creditable to the administration of the Settlement.
I faintly remember that the Massey Report was rather critical of an important department of the S.M.C., when it investigated the Rickshaw problem. Mr. Bell's speech at the Ratepayers meeting in 1933 and Mr. Peek's comments on the Land Commission have revealed that—the situation with regard to high land values is not very satisfactory. It Jon "impartial examination" were Jconducted of various matters such as housing, prisons, transportation, would the results be entirely creditable to the administration of the SM.C.? The results of the administration of the International Settlement may be. practical, but some ratepayers—other than Mr. Arnhold—do not consider that these results are practical to th point of perfection.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.