CO129-454 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [4-6] — Page 150

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Nanking Road, Shanghai", which was the address at which the

Zeitung was printed.

The Committee of the Chamber are well aware of the

various ways in which German merchants and missionaries were able

to influence opinion in China.

The German Press Campaign automatically came to an

and when China declared war against Germany.

BRITISH PROPAGANDA.

Before May, 1917, nothing systematic was done with regard to British Propaganda. From time to time various bodies st home sent out literature for distribution but practically all the stuff sent out was in Inglish and was quite unsuitable for

distribution amongst the Chinese,

In the early part of 1917 the Governor was asked by the home authorities if he could arrange for the distribution in the Territory mder his control of an Illustrated paper in Chinese which was being printed and published in London, called the *Cheng Pao".

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The Governor then appointed a Committee consisting

Mr. Parr, Superintendent, P. 4. 0. S.N.CO.

Mr. N. L. Watson, Imager, Asiatic Petroleum Co.

Mr. F. A. Perry, Manager, British American Tobacco.

Mr. Tip Lan Teun, Secretary Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. 8. B. C. Ross, Postmaster-General.

to undertake the distribution of this paper. This Committee had no particular instructions as to to the means which they should adopt nor were they instructed to place themselves in communication with any other Committee which might be appointed in China. The Committee was in fact merely a means for the distribution of a paper over the contents of which they had no control and as to the utility of which their opinion was not invited.

The Chang Pao is published fortnightly and the Committee received 75,000 copies of each issue. The Committee

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