Michael Alderton (essarem) notes that the above 16 August 1922 Winnipeg newspaper image is titled:
Winnipeg. PHOTO. An Important Convention of the Chinese Nationalist League, (Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Representative Organization in Canada), was Convened to Advance the Interests of Chinese in this Country and in China. Among the Delegates Attending is Eminent Secretary, Morris A. Cohen of Edmonton (extreme right).
Selected extracts from the western Canadian press of the day:
Winnipeg. Orientals Talk Over Chinese National Affairs. Local League Holds Reception in Honor of Visiting Delegates. The convention embraced the western Canadian division of the Chinese Nationalist League, and there were representatives present from the 20 different branches. A main topic of discussion being the method to provide for a better understanding between Canadians and the Chinese that are residing in this country. Speakers included Morris A. Cohen, the English Secretary for the League and Edmonton representative to the Convention. He was the only white man present at this meeting of powerful Chinese heads from all over the Dominion. The meeting closed with a rendering of ‘God save the King’ in the Chinese language, following which tea and ices were served according to Canadian customs.
Chinese Nationalist League Aims Explained. Organization Might be Compared to Y.M.C.A. Asserts M.A. Cohen. Explanation of the ideals and aims of the Chinese Nationalist League, whose Canadian convention has just been brought to a conclusion was given to this newspaper yesterday by Mr M.A. Cohen, an Edmonton businessman who served in France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and who is a member of the League. “The League might be compared to the Y.M.C.A. of China,” said Mr Cohen, “except for the fact that it has political purposes to achieve. It was the Nationalist League, under Dr Sun Yat Sen, which overthrew the tyrannous Manchu Dynasty, and was responsible for the establishment of a republic. Unfortunately, from the Nationalist standpoint, the group which assumed power after the revolution was a militarist group, and the democratic south, under Sun Yat Sen, found that their humanitarian and democratic aims were not realized in the new government. In Canada, the League is largely a moral uplift movement. It has established educational classes in every Chinese community throughout the Dominion and is bending every effort to the making of its members better citizens of this country. The vast majority of its members are Christians. They are law-abiding, peace-loving people with the highest ideals of social service and morality. There are no dope fiends or opium smokers among them. They passed a resolution at this convention condemning the drug traffic, and they are a great assistance to the police in fighting it. Every member of the League of military age in Edmonton volunteered for service in any capacity in the Canadian army at the outbreak of the war. In declining this offer, for diplomatic reasons, the Minister of Militia expressed his high appreciation of this demonstration of loyalty to their adopted country. As for Mr S.Y. Chen, our president, a more honourable man of any race could not be found. When Mr Chen addresses the League, his favorite message is that if his audience are good Canadians, they are good Chinese; but if they are bad Canadians, they are bad Chinese.”
Morris A. Cohen, English Secretary of the Chinese Nationalist League, has held that position for the past decade, and is reputed to be in close touch with Dr Sun Yat Sen. Mr Cohen, who speaks the difficult language of the Chinese fluently, has been an authority on things Chinese in Canada for many years.
All of the above has been taken from:
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