on, The atmosphere with its aisture' causes the rays to turn d liar to the colour of the Sun or Moon when near the horizon. in your edition of April ading "Anti-British "he article re-he supposed establishment -on Tuesday (April 11th)
7 of the movement had been "elected with any such complete fabrication and of any league or kind referred to in
that the source of your information it appears from the article itself was a "report. I am perfectly aware that rumours of a similar nature are current in Chinese papers, riy of which are camouflaged under foreign nationality, for the sole of creating bad feeling and ig the administration of the It is, however, not only my earnest j but also that of my ition, to develop and en-ge the spirit of ce-operation and gri all sides. Furthermore, the fifty-one years of my dence in Shanghai I have made, and i hope still retain, so many good of different nationalities that this opportunity of inform-them, as well as your wide circle that I still maintain the of friendship and good-ud that it is my earnest en-to work for the welfare and of the community. mature complained of in article and false pipe if pee which I quoted, and of other false rumours as, for instance, your report dri edition of April 25th of the ding change in the mayorship of the City Government. Such false reports based on political propaganda t can only create misunderstanding and newspaper of the standing of the *North-China Daily News."
You can have my assurance that if àt any time you wish to check the uth of any report concerning my 5 ion or myself, you can (communicate with me either by telephone or otherwise for veriücation,-and-I shall be happy to give you the best information at my disposal.
Fv Siao-zN.
Shanghai, May 4.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.