To the Editor of the "Noara-Omima Datty News,"
Sin,—The existing situation io China has been discussed from many points of view daring the past month, bat there is one which, urgent and pressing as it undoubtedly is, has not, in my opinion, been given sufficient prominence in' the British Press of Shanghai up to the present time. I refer to the prospective outlook for the business man.
Personally, I have nothing to do with trade, and beyond the mild excitement induced by the rebellion in the normally constituted haman, I have little concern with ita present course or its ultimate outcome, But my own view-point, right or wrong, is none the less defined on that account; and it is in the strong thas L venture to place it before you. jape that you will publish this letter
T disclaim absolutely any intention to offend anybody's susceptibilities, but I think the time has come to discness the matter freely and openly, From the tenour of the exhortations which appear in your to-day's issue over the names of Drs. Timothy Richard and
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