To the Editor of the "Nowrn-Cuixa Datty News."
Sim—The man in the street other ordinary linen, should they be classed with Robin Hood nows,—-x skunk of the time to can: and clear away. there ix Hittle to choose between any of President. " Tuck jet. Tam perfectly willing they are all honorific titles in China. Shut, when we come to the theory that the Chi ple—Cwhich TI take to Titerally, 109 families," protest against Argument 18 40 uncer needs no further refutation.
The idea that banditry is a gesture of the people against the government ix quite an allractive 1d. may have its adherents, but it has nothing to recommend it except its poetry. It ix a pipe-dream, nothing less, nothing more.
Some well-known writers have said that Ching has, always by the same with regard to banditry and piracy. My own experience Bara out this assertion. But, and that is a big But, foreigners the n ne the present genera were not much molested within
tion, wing to ate tion taken pre viously by the Governments con: corned. The hydra-headed menster of outlawry in China is hid den and covered up except when effete government 8 Shar ite wunweraux, Heads, and Weed, it is x jo for the soit relat believe dha the Epabchsing'"™ would change to. the bandit rabhh way. Let us cause for the effect, the tools of the. hi scrupulous, astute ory otherwise. Thay are not in danger of being so. The riff-raf cooli the best they can guilty of -anythi Tt is not they, who, after all. got all the kicks and no kudos, who are to be condemned, The undisciplined mi pure and sim; For the from the worst classes, highway army. Their rin ya bly atled in the Toren of rand liseeder, to get A yan to be little "wrong with Code of lawn, The fault in the Code, hut in the admi tration thereof.
Burke says the people have 10 interest in disorder," but Burke was never in China, or he would have said there are some, Who these people are it in the duty of those in high places to find. out, finding out, to act without without stint. Are we for another Roxer out Shashai, Jan, 26, 1924
To the Editor of the NoraCaxa Datty Niws."" ar Chinese correspon: discussion of China's mis: mature suggest that should endeavour to persuade his fellow-countrymen to petition the League of Nations to it a Committee (me! if possible. repre U.S.A.) to take over, for a te of years, the task of protecting China from all outer and_ inner foes. Details might be infinitum: what is outline ix merely one pessiole. method of tackling the job. "8 "So.
ign Rights" must te satisfac safeguarded, anda guarantee given that the Committee will "hand when it provinces still re-1 of the tee for The Long iter should be in order make deem, it unless invited, for this to nit to which they can inter-nich matters as sanita. proving" rapids, "reconstructing
or corruption in polities The League "of Nat mittee "should adopt Chinese niethody as far as possible, ao that the Chintse Central Goverament more easily "ake over"
the thine arrives, No doubt foreign Loops would be Chinene ruler foreign eflcers'
wold Me sterscated. these wfioves being also replaced Chinese aw it appeared prac: sould also be wine of China to allow this Teague ut Nations Comaitter for take aver control of Chine's finances, handing back fis scans stability ix restored Gshieh would be quite soon, Taw and order is gtiarantecd), The expenses of the work dong
by a special loan to China, nogothe Comittee ould Inmet lated ey the. Commitize, The point of this scheme, which sheld appeal to H.C. and the Rditor of the "Normu-Cixi Dany News."
Sin,—Your to-day' dent. propounds a scheme almost iden ith mine, embodied in an essay T wrote more than month go for a local paper, We agree in the prineiple, and only differ in the dotal which are not important. Tam. sorry Lam not at liberty to pub-Tish my article, until 1 enn get stadion. But Tam, glad to, from its present ive this, voluntary endorsement, ial _shentd like to know how more share in the same Tam, C.K.
Shuanghori, dau, 29, 192.
CHINA'S SEARCH FOR PEACE, the Kditer of the "Nonmu-Caixa Dany Naw Sin—If foreigners who, shout ed themselves bourse over the Lin-affair and who believe that degradation fist. "gunboats. and tervention for of restoring odor 'y. would have the ina's Search they would learn the
cant be done. tangi Shy' wore of hee Ching But as the majority are too of grossed in their own person concerns to devote time and thaaght to. subject which ought {to compel their attention, it will saificient if they will read an reread the final paragraph head:
iU"'A New Cast Needed," which appeared in the" "North-China Daily News" of the 28th instant. The paragraph referred too con-ming only forty lines but sum-marines succinctly all-sufieent reaschis why we are obliged to Int China solve her own problems, Tam, ote, Govivs Nissen.
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