Ir will be a matter of sincere regret to the community generally that Mr. Voelkel -has been sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment by the German Court for the unfortunate mistake in dispensing which caused the death of young Wilfrid Chambers. The Court no doubt had a duty to perform which it was bound to carry out in accordance with the evidence given, however painful it may have been to' the members individually, and in this respect the verdict cannot be questioned, but there will be general sympathy with Mr. Voelkel that, in addition to the grooty anxiety and worry that the accident must have caused him, he should now have to undergo the disgrace of imprisonment. There can be little doubt that the mistake of administering 2 dose of strychnine instead of santonine when making up the Doctor's prescription, was occasioned through the drugs being mixed when a removal to new premises took place just previously, for Mr. Voelkel's long experience in Shanghai has proved him to be a competent and careful chemist. As the fatal result of this mistake was purely an accident, we trust that the German community will at once petition the German Mivister for a remission of the sentence passed on Mr. Voelkel, and that such a petition would be signed by neatly every German resident in Shanghai there can be no doubt.
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