To the Editor of the "Norrn-Cutwa Dairy News."
Sir,—I am glad that your correspondent ''Open-Minded," whose letter appeared in last week's issue under the caption of Russians in Shanghai" has seen fit to reply to the previous article which I wrote.
So long as your correspondent states that he is familiar with the circumstances surrounding the influx of undesirable Russians into China and especially into Shanghai, he can well appreciate the fact that the crimes which have already been committed by these people are are enormous. Anything and everything has already been committed with the exception of actual cold blooded murder and if conditions are allowed to continue in their present form, it will only be a question of a short time when actual murder will have taken place. Only a few days ago we nearly had a case of this kind and your readers will remember the Del-Monte-Kiangse Road sordid affair which was finally disposed of in the International Mixed Court.
Since I wrote my last article on this subject we have had additional cases of crimes which have been committed by Russians in the settlement some of which have already been disposed of while others have not and still others will never become known for the victims have been intimidated and threatened by these criminals and hooligans who have thus saved themselves from exposure and punishment.
The trouble with 90 per.cent. of the Russian Community is that when 10 per cent. of their nationals get into trouble they immediately come to the assistance of these culprits and use every effort in their power to effect, their release and to avert the punishment which ig due. It is immaterial] to these people whether those whom they are helping to escape have committed atrocious crimes, etc., and they are not concerned with the merits of the case. All they know is that their nationals are in trouble and whether they are right or wrong it is sufficient to go to their aid and help them out and they are not particular as to the methods which are used by them in this connexion nor dogs it matter im the least as to the position of the victim in the particular instance.
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