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The Methodist Recorder of July 9th states that the following letter was sent on July 1st by the Rev. (8 41. Warren to Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang. the Christian General "
My dear Friend.-I was delighted a wail [ "You wish to end all interference with or two back to get news of you from wy the sovereign rights" of China. sio da not the old pupil, Marcas Ch'eng. I was glad. But if two countries are
of each other, ** unequal to knew that you had pressed him into equals “ your, service as Chaplain-General. I was treaties" are the right snit of treaties to able to get into the Manchester Gouritsar, have between thein. The only way rightly is to level up one of uur leading British newspapers, to end unequal treaties half a page from Mr. Chicag's letter to the lower country to the standard of the higher. I have heard you use stronger me on Wednesday, June 17th.
Today's papers are all publishing, as language about the present state of China' you would expect, in prominent positions, than anyone else. I have quoted in the nugriage you have been using about both the Manchester Guardian and the your desire to lead your troops in war | Spectator the warts which Mr. Cheng against treat Britain on acconist of. told me you used to him when denying
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will not say what, has recently happened that you yourself were Bolshevistic, but admitting that "China is the most fertile in Shanghai, but on account of what you held for Bolshevism. You said: "Our have read and heard about recent happen.
Government fa creating Bolshevism, every ings in Shanghai,
day. Just think how corrupt officials You have ever asked me to tell you if in after a short time in the Government. anything you were not doing as you ought service amass for themselves tens of thou- to do. I am sure that you will believe sands, hundreds of thousands, some of I am writing to you now, only because them even millions of dollars, while the people under them are robbed and squeez- I love you and know that you love me.
I am sorry that. one in such a respot: Jed and beconte sa peor and destitute that sible position as yon dccupy has spoken it is impossible for, them to live! This is As you have, without being more of your in driving the people to become "red" Do formatiou. Of course it is true that your you not see that if you suddenly abolish fellow-countrymen in Shanghai and Canton extrality and resume the control of all and Hankow have been killed in opposing settlements and concessions you simply the governing authorities, who are for-expone all honest foreigners like myself eigners, and who govern pieces of land to the injustice of Chinese officials and all which used to belong to Chin but which Chinese living on the Settlement to the China has handed over to those foreigners. unjust treatment they receive everywhere alelse. And who gains thereby? Not wen I see no more reason why you,
aro rob. Chinese, should he contented to see "in. of your type, but the museals who ternational settlements" and "conces.bing your own people, some of them
even millions of dollars.". sions" in China, than 1, as an Englishman, should be contented if there were an
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other places.
Nevertheless, there" is a right way to put wrong things right;", and there are many wrong ways by which we may at. tempt to put them right but shall not succeed. Lying is one of the most useless of these wrong ways.
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Japan has won back all settlements and concessions, and none of us have rights in Jupon which Japanese do not enjoy
in England. We shall all be glad if China' will follow in the steps of Japan and wir back everything she would like by fair- ness and justice. When you are on our level and we refuse to give you back these things which you now ask, then if you talk about war with us, I will make no protest. But to-day you are, doubly wrong to talk of war on the one hand you are not as a nation on an equality with is you do not possess the sovereign right ̈* of a righteous law righteously administer- ed; on the other hand, fireat Britain is not a power that refuses to talk matters over and settle differences peaceably. As a nation we love peace much more than you do. No nation in all the world has
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"Lying "is the only description that can be given of the accounts of what has happened in Shanghaï on which you are hasing your statements about Englan. I know you do not lie.', But you are"ne eepting the statements of men who do lie. Who in all China has more reason than you have to know that Chinese news- In Mr. papers, journals, etc.. ar? Ch'ung's letter to me he tells me how igidly you have been treatest in this
amongst yourselves every year-just as matter. Why should you trust accounts you used to in the days of the Spring and of British netions in Shanghai that emné Autumn Aunals, and if Mencias were with as those you to-day he would say of all your fight- frou much the same people which are so untrustworthy about young what he said of the times of old- "Nat one righteous war in the whole lot." I know that you, General' as you are, hate war as much as I do You know, better than I do, that war settles nothing! rightly. I do not want you not to love China nor to be afraid to fight for China when China is in the right. But you do not really love China when you want to light for hey in the wrong. Others ed you **traitor "because you left Wu Pei Ful We who know you know you were right to leave him. It may not have been wise for you to risk, as you did, your strength against Wu, without first knowing whether Chang would. I will not say, not help you-you hardly expected him to do that, but at least not oppose you. But you at anyrate, did what you believed to be right, and through your netion the fighting did stop.
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I have just received the .. Daily Neve for the week ending on June uch, which gives a fill account of what happened In Shanghai. If anyone asks how can I, in England, know that that paper given truthful accoust. 1 van gaswer that for over sixty years it has inaintained a high standard of truth, I know the Editor. He is a Christian English gentle
You have never been afraid in your own the Parliament and the people of England: thai-he does not lie. Of course I do not say that no mistake over gers inte
controversies with your fellow-countrymen čave not the slightest wish to go to war with China. No English General would. his paper; n He juny here al there" get
to say that your Government is wrong. in through someone deceiving the Editor
Why should you act as if it were right ever be allowed to spenk about war with when you deal with other nations? China as you, very unhappily, have allow... or one of his colleagues. But the lie will
have never been afraid to say that the ed yourself to speak about war with Eng- opium pelicy of our Government in India land, and, as you know, that that very le at once exposed and denounced. The
was and still is wrong. I say so to the fact makes those who understand think less. I am sure you will have prayed over Editor would no more lie for a pro what you now plan to do. But we need Chinese whom we have wronged as well highly of you and less highly of China as to my fellow-countrymen, and I thereby than they would if it had been as inspot English view than I'; or than you would more than prayer. If a man does not use lie for a pro-Chinese view. The his common-sense and trusts himself to show my love of England more than I aille los you to speak as it is for the Daily Nere does not lie when it states the misguidance of liars praying will hot should if 1. held my tongue, much more English Generals. 1,want to see you and make les into truth nor guide the man than I should if I said the Government to see China honoured and respected by good, men. Neither talk about war with that the firing at Shanghai was only who follows a lie into the way of truth. was right.
Why should you desire to fight England England nor actual war leads that way. resorted to by the authorities after much Be willing to investigate. Those ársi forbearance in their resistance to unruly commissioners said to have been sent when England has not the slightest desire If you made war with us over this Sbang- students and others who were attempting from Peking to Shanghai to investigate," to fight you or any of your countrymen bai affair and won the war, you would to upse: law and authority. Hnd your act out with all decisions and demands The fact that the students and others who lose far more than you could win, officers and mes been in the position of complete about the very matters they were killed in Shanghai and other places the Shanghai police, of course they would were to investigate. By all menus show were. Chinese does not make them right have fired, and fired to kill.
the British Government, the Municipal the fact that some of the men who fired you need an intense lot before China will The Shanghai Municipal Police and Council of Shanghai, or anybody else, were Englishmen, some Americans, and be where you and I want it to be."The Volunteers are the lawfully-constituted where they are wrong. The men in the some Chinese does not minke them wrong. God of patience and of comfort grant you authorities who are responsible for the Council and in our Government are not Even if you can show my views of the (and us) to be of the same mind with one maintenance of peace and order on the unreasonable. But the demand to hand strife are wrong, you still have no ground another according to Christ Jesna”
(Romans xv. 5). International Settlement in Shanghai. If certain men over to punishment before in for war. you think for a moment, you will realise vestigation is a demand that makes the Whether England goes to war with that it would be a great disaster for the Chinese Government lock very foolish in China or not does not depend on anyone eight or pine hundred thousand Chinese the eyes of all sensible men, I do not like in Shanghai. War is a matter that can who live on the Settlement, if the the Chinese Covernment to stand con- only be decided by the Government, in England. I am telling you simple, honest anthorities permitted rowdy students to demned as foolish.::
truth when I say that the Government, overthrow their authority.
Continued on next Column).
I don't like to tell you to have patience.
I know how much patience you have but
Believe me when I tell you I never prayed for you more not loved you better than while I write this to you.
Yours ever affectionately,
GILBERT GAWARLES