Aug. 3
'A fow letters in the correspondence columns of this journal have disclosed. the Aissalistaction of esteemed readers with certain although undefined tendencies which appear to indicate some. obliquity in. the Paliticat or moral outlook of the "North China Daily News". Inevitably critics quote the motto which adorns this column and they refuse to discern even the dubious merit of being. impartial' by. the device of—dolng Injustice to both sides. In addition to the Jelters which have been published, others conveying the same Kind of criticism. have been received in some volume, but they have had to be rejected because of the failure of the writers to comply with the rules relating] to" authentication "of pseudonymous com Iunieations or to fuiflolher editorial requirements, "It is very dificult to ascertain.preclsely where the complaints all lie. Some seem to be directed against the presentation of the news of the Sino-Japanese. struggle here. Some seem to detect in editorial com-mani a bias in favour of Japanese aggression or, at any rate, a desire to belittle Chinese
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