To the Editor of the "NontH-Ciina Dalny News." ir—My attention has bosn called to'an article in the "North-China Herald" of the 4th instant Neaded:
it. Combe robbed on Tibetan Border:" with sub-heading "Penalty of Offering Merchants Protection."
I cannot find anything in the art-ide in question to justify the suggestion that I offered protection to merchants. On the contrary, your correspondent states that, while they travelled down at the same time myself, it was without my knowledge.' It is possible that merchants did leave Tachienlu about the same time as myself, although I may say that in this ease I was not approach. ed by any Chinese merchants de-siting protection. But as in the course of my official' duties I am constantly warning British subjects of the danger of abusing extraterritorial privileges, and as the unfortunate conjunction of heading and sub-heading is likely to give rise to false impressions, I shall be glad if you will insert this correct tion in the next issue of the "Daily News" and "Herald.
Tam, ete, G. A. Comne.
Chengtv, Sze., Oct. 28, 1924.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.