12th November, Tue Shanghai Branch of the British Navy League is determined '}net to be one of the lethargic institutions: which there are examples in Shanghai, which wake up a languid activity once a year and lie dormant for the other 364 days. It has made up its mind to do something to j the enthusiasm with which it. was Inunched by Mr, Wy and that something is to be " movement in favour of Jack ashore. "We all love Jack: we all recognise the great debt that we owe him, as dwellers in an inland seaport in the midst of an overwhelming alien population not always excessively delighted that we have settled down in one of their centres of trade. We feel how very much the sight of Jack in our streets adds to our sense of security, and we rate his ability to defend us very much more highly that General Hunter does. Most of us must have often deplored the want of some place where Jack can find ration-amusement when he comes on shore after many dull weeks at sca, remembering that while a sea trip is a treat to us whom Jack Lumorously describes as shore-loafers, there is a ood deal ofmonotony for him in the days when " quocwnque uspicias, est nisi pontus et ver, rubibus jhic tumidus, fluctibus ile miring."
"The Shanghai Branch of the British y Leagite prop of our indebted providing him with recreation ground of his own, dock has his own proper pride, and it is not surprising that he should object, to the feeling that he is a sort of interloper when he proposes amuse himself on the public recreation ground inside the race-course, though really he has as much right to Lo there as anybody else. The proposition of the Navy League, as detailed in the advertisement we published yesterday, cannot but meet universal commendation, and the first list of subscriptions, which we also published yesterday, is a good indication of the spirit in which it has been received. For the benefit of all our British readers, and_ especial of these who did not read the advertise. ment, we repeat that the proposal is to establish and maintain a Naval Recreation Ground and Canteen in the Settlement for the exclusive
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