Wrires a local editor:—
"The allegations contained in the Japanese official statement (declining the invitation io the Nine Power Conference) insult the intelligence of the audience to whom they are addressed, and are too preposterous to be taken seriously by any but the unhappy victims of militarist induced hypnotism. It is precisely for that reason such specious allegations should not go unchallenged by default of reply or refute. tion."
But, surely it is a work of supererogation to deny something which is so patently false!
Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth...
From an editorial in a local evening contemporary (You know "The News, fifteen hours before it happens!" or something like that):—
The Sino-Japanese test of strength should never have occurred here in the first place, But there is no use in raking up that point of view at this juncture, for experience has shown that it only produces argument whereas what this city needs is less argument and more peace.
This is an ungrateful world. Here we've been having ringside seats for the last eleven weeks, to witness the brightest little bickering Shanghai has seen in its history, and someone has the ingratitude to suggest it should have held been elsewhere.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.