Ina later article the Nichi Nichi returned
the President of the Shanghai Chamber of the subject After quoting the speech that Commerce addressed to Sir Claude Mac-Donald on the occasion of the dinner given to the latter on the 11th of April, and. Sir Claude's reply, the semi-official journal observes (I again avail of the Japan Mail's translation) that the question of a foreigner's right to import machinery into China arose years ago, "The movement was undertaken conjointly by the Consular Board at Shanghai and not by the British Consul alone. Did not the Consuls of the other Powers ose far as to aver that the movement ed by Were not the joint efforts-of the, Shanghai Jamieson was wanting in promptitude?
Consular Board entirely fruitless after two years' work? Had the alleged rights really and undoubtedly been secured and enjoyed, there would have been no necessity, after the lapse of so many years, to declare that the obstacles were about to fall to the ground." If, as was declared on the occasion of the Shanghai dinner, the alleged rights had already been secured by Treaty, it was singular that the matter should have been left neglected for so long a time. If, on account of that negligence, it was necessary to make special efforts after the lapse of years to recover those rights, the Nichi 'Wichi_ would like to know who were responsible for the negligence, At any rate, the question of the importation of machinery was' first definitely settled by the Shimonoseki Treaty, and the neral public has acknowledged its indebtedness to Japan in the matter. Therefore, for all the declarations of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and of the British Minister, those gentlemen will find it difficult to remove the popular delusion? The public is simply puzzled and mystified at seeing the Chamber of Commerce and the British Minister glorying in such baseless statements." The Nichi Nichi is at a loss to understand why Englishmen should be so bent on robbing others of their just rights, and hopes to obtain. satisfactory answer on the subject from Sir Claude MacDonald.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.