To the Editor of the "Nonrs-Carsa Dancy News."
Sia,—Your leader in this morning's issue I am pretty certain produced sur+ prise at least among your British and NE
American readers. A Britisher first put upon these Settlements the name of Tnternational, and it has adhered permanently, and a reference to the voting list as corrected to December 31 last will readily prove that Shaoghai is not any longer British town or community. Hence we cannot longer expect a virtually solid British representation on the Municipal Council. The vote has now grown to the substantial figure of 1,801, and we need no longer fear the power of the " Absentee Landlord " nor the British domination. If our voters will take the trouble to yote we control the situation. introduction of the terms "'surreptitiously," "Tammany" and "new comers" are quite unfortunate, and I do not recall during s nearly thirty years' residence that descriptive adjectives of this class have ever been chosen in speaking of our local elections. As to the latter term I recall that even you only came a year or so ago, and I am certain that the men who proposed and seconded Mr. Coath long outstand you both in residence and acquaintance with local affairs. I am an American, yet T had not heard of the dangerous plumping nor the surreptitiously patting together of heads: but I sincerely hope that on this occasion all "Americans and Germans and French and Japanese and all other nationalities, including the British, will plump solid for the two Americans and the two German candidates for the Municipal Council, Tam, ete.,
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