My atteutivn was directed to an article which appeared la the "Echo de Chine" on the 7th inst. "<'ampo," through the "North-China Daily News," had asked this writer to locate the 8 mow 1 fun of land. In reply to this request he says, "We ask, however, if it is wise to prove before all China that European community can have so far forgotten itself as to commit a" act of violence against that same community? That, it seems 10 us, will be the conclusion from the documents we possess." Theact of violence referred to 1 presume to be the lifting of the Catholic boundary stones which they had placed over public property. "The documents we possess." May [ask how the writer came into possession of the documents? From December of last. until some days ago repeated appl had been made to the Catholic Bishop to produce the documents. He had an invitation and one public meeting to show what right he had to the land. He refuted to attend the meeting, and said, #t last, that the documents were at the French Consulate in Shanghsi Application was made to the French Consul-General: he also refused to produce them. Refusal to show deeds to the only Consul in Ningpo, or to allow the public in meeting to havea look at them is certainly not very respect to either, but the writer in the "Echo de Chine" got possession of them; how did he get them? The writer wishes us to believe that he is so full of paternal affection for the Ning} community that he is willing to lie uni the impvcation of keeping and obliterating a_ public road, rather make an ex hibition of the community. I rather think nail appreciation of such gushing as a matter of fact the comty will take the onus if he will produce the documents. The B'shop had jon of the plans, ete., which the public think ive them legal claim to the land which the Catholics have appropriated, and he had them for as long as twenty days. They I propose returning to the subject in a few have nothing to conceal, why should he?
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