The Archive · 1915

Patriots and Paupers

The letter from our correspondent "Trafalgar," in another column, waa emphasized by another correspondent in our issue of the 12th, who said.

"The Patriotic Fund Yoluntary contribution by Britons living in countries, where they asin be asd their own Government, towards of the war and will, so far as it goes, Hepes the burden of amotion at home: tale of the war—an attempt that it n attempt to shoulder part of the

unjust and ungenerous not to Britons in Sbanghai—and not even all Britons at that—pay a miserable 3/4 a year for registration only. Were they subject to a tax, as some nationalities are, in Shanghai, they would probably be aghast at the toll required of them. To have their subscription put to a special object, in this case the Purchase of a battleship, is a privilege that would persuade many at home to add to their already large donations,

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