To the Editor of the "Nomru-Cuiwa Darwy News Sim—The letter which U.K. has written regarding Mr. Quo Tai-chi's utterances. contains such blatant inexactitudes that it should not be allowed to pass unchallenged. It is unfortunate' and very mediocre strategy. on the part of so-called Chinese patriots and propa~ gaudists to persist in pretending that 2 and 2 make 5, that black is white and that the whole world is stupid enough to believe them.
Before proceeding further let Mr. UK. and his friends know that the real reason of the set back which China has sustained in Geneva and, as a matter of fact, in the whole World, as far ay her prestige is concerned, is based on the fact that too many untruths, too many absurd allegations, have' been made by China's official representatives at Geneva and elsewhere and that the Datience of those very conservative, patient and rather somnolent gentle men who sit and wallah-wallah near the beautiful lake Leman has come, at last, to an end—The stories about opium being imported and practically produced exclusively within the limits" of the. foreign concessions in China (as such was the recent allegation of the officlat spokesmen of China at Geneva) were really too big to swallow when the whole world knows, by now, that 90 per cent. of the opium produced the said whole world comes from China, exclusive of the Foreign Concessions which have nothing to do with it. Many other similar and stupid allegations have been made and the result is now, U.K,, thatnobody believes a word—even when by chance it is true—which is said abroad by such clumsy and naive propagandists, In doing as they have, they rendered to their country the worst service imaginable.
Let us now come to some of UK's. allegations which are of the same salt, (a) It is an absolute untruth that "the whole Chinese nation is with that section of trouble-makers in Manchuria, ete"!—In the first place, trouble makers or bandits have always considered Manchuria one of their favourite play grounds. Does Mr. U.K. know what the word "Hunghutzes" mean? I have travelled for twenty years in those regions. Does Mr. U.K. know that there is not one village, not one railway station of the Chinese Railway which has not always been heavily surrounded by solid erenelated walls as a defence against the "trouble makers" of the past? Will UK. oblige us by answering that question?
In the second place, the peaceful majority of the Chinese race, that is to.say all those who are not engaged in the lucrative trade of banditry, crave only for one thing: the right to live quietly without being murdered, robbed and perpetually bullied by the "trouble makers" who, for the last twenty years, have been ravaging not only Manchuria, but the whole of China, from North to South and from East to West. As far as the "trouble makers" of Manchuria are con= cerned, they don't give a hoot—and right they are.
(b) The fact of condoning and even encouraging a so-called "sporadic warfare" in Manchuria constitutes, Jon the part of Chinese officials or spokesmen, the height of folly. In Jevery country and in all times, sucht a proceeding has been considered absolute casus belli. If ever JJapan undertakes to launch another offensive, speeches like Mr. Quo Tai-Jchi's utterances and writings such as UKs letter will constitute in the face of the whole world and of Geneva in particular, a darned good excuse. It is, therefore, a crime and 2 folly to niter such nonsense. In his heart of hearts, any patriotic Chinese may rejoice—pethaps—when he learns of attacks on. trains (where by the way, many Chinese are the victims of the "trouble makers" in Manchuria. But let him be careful to keep-his feelings to himself and, above all, not to vent the said feelings front of a public body such as the League of Nations. For, -as the French say Qui seme lo vent récolte La tempéte—All of UK's letter is so full of nonsense of that kind that it would To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cuuna Daly News"
Sin—Your editorial of September 21 lets, perhaps, with the cage Sdeqistely in your usual impartial Sein, bat there" are aspects which T feel" sure 2 large' majority "of the ublic, Toterestet" in this famous fontest would like to find expressed stronger terms.
reports s0 far received are to relied upon, no stretch of image ation can bring the decision of the falling committe in. regard. (0. Me. Sopwiin's protest in the fourth race, Srithin the realm of jusiteation, to Sy" nothing of sportsmanship. it's Sitncult to escape the conclusion that the committee have: disregarded the tolrit "of the rules governing. the races, Rules are made expressly' to Provide each competitor with a tale End even chance, and vertaily are for meant. to. be interpreted iv a manner prejudicial tov any com Petit he protest of Mr Sopwith that. his" opponent ad violated a certain rule or rules, had' aright to Sev considered, especially a9 the Dertinemt rule' tov which. the com Prittee referred in turning down the protest as published in your columns September 28, makes no mention specie time at which" the Drotert fag. should be. cisted, and more expecially in view of the Sequiescence of "the" American Sbrerver on board 'Mr. Sopwth's Yacht in the latter's. suggestion a {othe tIme of putting up the fag 1nhis connection, T trast it will of be out of lace to repeat Rule Wa) "Sppeating "in" your Vissue of September' 26, which reads:
Rule a¢—Disqualiation. without protest—Should "it come' to. the Enowiedge of & sailing committe, or Should they have reasonable grounds {or supposing, that a competitor in 3 race has in any way" infringed these ruler, they' may act on {ett wu' initstive, in accordance, with Rule 45, a0 if protest had been rmade™ "Rule 43 merely deals with Procedure).
Here, then, there is ample proof of! the intention of the rulesmbers
sible means of protection, it provide a ruler with alo tive of "whether the: sufferer has lodged' protest or not. Supposing that Me. Sopwith wes wrong' by not complying with the alleged rule fisting the fag" immediately "the bit ence. war committed, the rule noted above should have empowers "the: committee to inquire into the merits of the protests for, who ther or not an intfingement Bay furred was all that mattered, the fight of the above rule. The com: mittee had, therefore, no" excuse Whatever "in not investigating "the case, and it seme by no means ihe {o"teason that their decision with {i consequent effect on the. morale Me. Sopwiths crew, contributed small degree to the defeat of Endeavour in the suleequent races Conente se Favr, Shanghai, Sept. 27
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