To the Editor of the "Norra Caixa Datty News."
81,—The critics of the Council who have busily daring the past two days been talking about "backing down" and "surrendering hard earned righto" should, be, I venture to think, more explicit.
80 far as one can learn the conference with the Chinese gentry which kept the Council up till past eleven o'clock at night, was concerned with the discussion of the plague prevention ich cur excellent Health Officer considers now to be necessary. And what has the Council conceded I gather from the proclamation translation of which has been published, that Inypectresses have been substituted for Lopectors: surely no unreasonable concession to native prejudice, part icalarly whea their work will consist in inspecting every room in the private houses io the infected area. And I farther gather that the plagao-stricken people and suspects will be toa native hospital beyond our Settlement limits for treatment: which seems to mo 8 most suitable arrangement 80 long elses are few in number.
If plague really becomes epidemic out all the hospital accommodation in the neighbourhood will be sufficient, and we may to put up special emergency bospitels in all districts ander the Council's control, Early plague measures, before the scare has actual justification, mast of necessity provoke opposition in " native commanity #0 prone to accept ramour and idle tale for fact as this: and I venture to think that the Council la securing the gratefal ce-operation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at so small s cost has done well. heard it calmly stated which received the payers' approval have been whittled may by the Council in a spirit of blae fack. Your reader" may be glad to have pablic attention called to the fact that the By-laws, which I voted for, contain no mention of inspection of houses for plague cases, while giving the Council power to approve any suit able Segregation Camp they please.
Tam, ete,, Shanghai, November 21.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.