The May ninth telegram from the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce to the Beijing government during the May Fourth Movement was not completely a traitorous proposition to fawn on Japan as condemned by then public opinion and some people afterwards, but put forward a unique approach to the recovery of Qingdao. Further, Zhu Baosan, Chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, should not be held to be chiefly responsible for the drafting and sending of the telegram. It is unjust of the industrial and commercial circles and the public opinion to strongly denounce him, finally forcing hi...