COWEN, John (TIENTSIN), Journalist; b. Sept, 6, 1867, 2nd s. of late John Richard Cowen, Assistant Editor, " Yorkshire Post;" m. Marion, d. of Benjamin Wright, of Manchester. Educ.: Leeds Grammar School. Has served upon editorial staffs of newspapers at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, Hull, Preston and London; sub-editor of " The Times," 1895-7; private Secretary to Editor of " The Times," 1897-1900; arrived in China as special correspondent in connection with the Boxer lisiug in 1900; founded at Peking, on Jan. 21, 1901, the " China Times," the first foreign daily newspaper published in the Chinese capital; transferred it in April same year to Tientsin, where it is now published; also founded the first evening newspaper in the district the "Evening Express"; sentenced in 1903 to imprisonment and deportation to the United Kingdom under the China, and Corea Order in Council, for certain comments in connection with Russo-Japanese war; sentence afterwards quashed and new Order in Council issued in 1904 in which objectionable clause, under which action was taken, was modified. Address:" China Times," Tientsin, China.