The Archive · 1935

Editor from Japan

Mr. Arthur Morgan Young who, with "Mrs. Young. Is passing through Shanghai on his way back' to Kobe {from 'a pleasure trip in Formosa—on which he throws light in a personal Interview elsewhere to-day—is one of the foremost figures in Far Eastern Journalism. He hasbeen Editor of the "Japan Chronicle" for many years and his independent conduct of that coal has earned for it the respect of the Japanese authorities as well as the admiration of his brothers in the craft. Mr. Young tempers cut cism with a nice appreciation of the true function of verbal expression. He is no peddler in extravagant language. That is why he has been able $0 admirably to maintain the {traditions of his journal in circuny stances which at times have been by no means easy. The study of Japanese history is one of his special interests and it is understood that he is contemplating a new book to add 10) the two already published by him: "Japan under Taisho Tenno" 1912- 1026" (1928) and "Jepay in Modern Times" (1929),

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