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360 or 060 was taken out of the Times office into the office of the Mercury, and the Shanghai

Times was once more alone. The paper is now firmly established. It is practically the official organ of the Vice-

regal Government of Kiangsu, and is also looked upon as a representative American daily—the only one in the Far East. At the

date of writing, June, 1908, its prospects are very bright indeed, and there can be little

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doubt that with efficient management it is on the highway to success commercially.

The staff consists of Messrs. John O’Shea, editor; W. Sheldon Ridge, assistant-editor ;

S. Trissell, sub-editor; L. D. Lemaire, manager; S. Hammond, S. Wilkins, and

A. Wood, reporters.

= MR. JOHN BARRETT O'SHEA, editor of

the Shanghai Times has been nearly twenty

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years in China, for he came to Shanghai in February, 1890, on the staff of the Shanghai Mercury. He was subsequently on every daily paper in the Settlement, and_ then, after travelling extensively, and working in Japan, Korea, Siberia and North China, he returned to Shanghai to take up his present appointment in 1906. Mr. O'Shea was born in Dublin on July 15, 1869, his father being at one time editor of the Freeman's

PREMISES.

Fournal, Dublin, and latterly editor-in-chief of the Catholic Standard and Times, Phila- delphia, U.S.A. He received his education at St. Patrick’s, Drumcondra, and privately at Dublin, and for a time studied medicine.

The China Gazette.

The China Gazette, an evening journal (with an overseas weekly edition), was founded just fourteen years ago, its first issue appearing on July 2, 1894. The Gazette was lucky

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to commence its career at the outbreak of the China-Japan War, and it rapidly achieved position and circulation by reason of its exceptionally accurate information upon the progress of that struggle. It espoused the Japanese side of the quarrel, and in this way enjoyed the distinction of being the only paper published in China which treated the war from the more truthful Japanese side, instead of printing the wild and grotesque Chinoiseries and tales of imaginary victories, which formed locally such a memorable phrase of that epoch-making campaign. Since then the China Gazette has devoted its attention mainly to political questions, and, as the recent war between Russia and Japan progressed and its lessons became clear to those who could see a little behind the scenes, the paper re-enacted its role of ten years before and espoused the Russian side. On both occasions this policy naturally incurred for it a certain measure of unpopularity which, however, it has now out- lived, and the value of its services as a corrective to the overwhelming press propa- ganda conducted in Japanese interests has since been widely recognised. Among its chief contributors on the late war and on political questions arising out of it was Mr. Putnam Weale, who went north in the interests of the Gazette, the result being his first permanent work, ‘“ Manchu and Musco- vite,” which began in the columns of the Gazette at the close of that year.

The early publication of important State papers, treaties, conventions, and secret agree- ments has also been a prominent feature of the Gazelle, which, for this reason, enjoys quite an extensive circulation in quarters where Far Eastern questions are specially studied. The editor. and proprietor, Mr. Henry O'Shea, originally started the paper, and continues at the helm.

HENRY D. O’SHEA,

Proprietor and Editor.

Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.

The German community and their interests are ably represented by the Ostasiatische Lloyd, a paper which, during its twenty- three years’ existence, has experienced many vicissitudes and appeared in various forms. It is now firmly established as a weekly review, containing some twenty-five to thirty pages, and dealing not only with matters of local interest but also with international topics in the Far East and with the affairs