To the Editor of the "Nortu-Carsa Datty News."
Sm,—I notice that in the "Echo do Chine" of the Sth instant, exception is taken tothe comparison made in, your columns betwee the action of the French Mission and that of the Standard Oil Company in the matter of the disputed road in Ningpo. The Echo" may object to the comparison, but should not on that account disparage the really public-spirited action on the part of the Oil Company. Let us leave for a time the thought of the abyss which the "Echo" so graphically de-cribes as lying between the actions of the Mission and the Compiny, and confine our attention to the flat stretch of country which lies between the two properties. From river to river ran a track 40 feet wide with a well formed dyke on either side of it, 'The eastern portion of this track was used constantly as " road; the western portion had been neglected and was used as a eabbaye garden, but the order residen's remember the day' when the whole track was used as a road with a landing stage at its further end. On this 40 feet track the Oil Com-Boundary stones. When the Company riy and the French Mission both put placed their stone there were present as witnesses a Chinese ofticil "and a representative of the British Consulate. Deeds were drawn up and duly sealed. When the Mission placed their stone there were no officials or Consular representatives present. When the public asked the Company to remove their stone, there was no or plan in Ningpo supported the public. When the public asked the Mission to remove their stone they were supported by clear evidence. When the road itself was examined it was found that the' northern dyke "had been deflected to exclude the Oil Company's boundary -stond, while the Mission stone stood boldly with
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