To the Editor of the "Nontu-Unisa Daty News."
Sin,—Hnving spent 10 days in a cellar under the Gordon Hall at Tientsin and endured all the inconveniences attendant on a severe bombardment, my thoughts naturally turn to the widows and dependent relations of the seamen and marines of the British Navy who lost thole lives in defending us, and in extracting us from our deplorable condition.
Those widows and dependent relatives will want pecuniary aid, as also will the many young seamen and marines who, from the terrible nature of their wounds, ma be incapacitated from earning a livelihood, and have nothing to live on except a small Admiralty pittance. A. walk through the hospital tera painfully impresses' upon one the number of those who will be in this condition.
Under these circumstances I venture to suggest tht a subscription be started for the widows or dependent relatives of the British seamen and marines, who have lost, or may 1 se their lives, in this Chinese Wat; and that part of the subscription raised he given to such seamen and marines who may be, either from disease or wounds, incapacitated, If this Fund. be started, I have' promises of subscriptions here, Tam, ete., Fraxces E. Scort.
Weihaiwei, 20th July.
We shall be very glad to receive any' subscriptions that may be sent us for this proposed fund and hand them over to any Committee that may be formed here.—En. "N.-C. Daily News."
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