the Editor of the Nosrs-Cama Dany News, Sm,—There have been ao many coin: plaints lately about the narrow-minded and uncharitable articles in the Zemperance Union that it is only justice to the legally appointed Editorial staff to state that the
sible for the articles—Mossrs, J. following gentlemen are in no way rospon-Farnham, A. J. Bamford, W. M.B, Smith myself. The persons who blo for the articles referred to are Messrs, J. A. Ballard, of Messrs. Russell and Go.; A. B. Rex, of Mossra. Iveson and Ca.
MoKoige, of the C. and J. Trading Ca., La., and J.D. Clark, the latter of whom is publ Mr. Rex was appointed Treasurer in a legal way, but his appoint ment with the other three on the Editorial stod was not legal. These four were called upon to resign, by shareholder trolling a largo majority of the shi they refused to do ao. vote of censure on them, but they took no notice of this, and in the face of our oppoing been plainly told that want them and that we disapprove of their mode of conducting the paper, they stick to the paper like a horse leech to flesh, and run it in their own interests. We do not want to go to law with them, and they know it. I trust therefore, that the subscribers, knowing the circumstances, will bear with the present unsatisfactory' atate of affairs, and as soon as we are able we will remove the cause of complaint. Wo do not wish to cat up the receipts of the Temperance Union in an and that is why we have not gone to But something will have to be done parties who are ruining the paper control more than 16 out of a total of 60, so it can be soon that throo-fourt! of the shareholders are opposed to the resent manner in which the Temperance Tnion is conducted, With regard to the remark made by your correspondent, in a letter of yesterday's date, I emphatically deny that the Temperance Union is the organ of any religious sect. It was underseed that no religious sectarianism should find a place in the Temperance Union, which is the organ of temperance cause, though not one of who are kovping forcible ie paper is a teetotaller our obedient servant, Wan R, Kanter, Member of tle legally appointed Editorial and Publishing Committees.
Shanghai, 16th Nov., 1882, To the Editor of the Nosra-Omiva Dany News, Sm,—Will you allow mo space to ox-press iny concurrence with the remarks of Subscriber" in your issue of yeater-day, and to state thatihe Temperance Union is now, and has been, for some time past, run by a few gentlemen who were asked by the bulk of the shareholders of that paper to retire, but refused to do so, and could not be dismissed (owing to some technical point) without an expensive lawsuit. think this should be made known in lusties to the paper, which was started a bona fide temperance organ and certainly not as a means of encouraging the odium theologicum.
Yours faithfully, 'A Goop Tewrian, 10th Nov,
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