To the Editor of the "Norra Cava Darcy Nawa"
Six,—The season why thio settlement of this question is being delayed 80. ioni a secret no-one can. penetrate, Yel the question in itself is a most simple one and ite adjustment very easy. stant campaign sustained by "all the Considering the just, long, snd con:
subject, as well Ir. impartial and valuable contributions, "True Spaniard's" energetand patriotic correspondences, the official communications of the Chinese authorities to Mr. Castill" and his signi ficsnt silence, it is no wonder if the public opinion of Shangl avanimous: in thinking that the Spanish Consul has no power to confer Spanish nationalisation or protection on Chinese subjects ving in China under their own offi ven granting him suh a power, it is evident that he 1s not compelled that he not obliged to mako use unless we admit the absurdity that the Spaniah Government compels its Consuls to lavish Spanish certificates of uatarausation or of protection with the only Bela or Sprutards. tactical result of throwing discredit off That such has been the practical result of Chinere subjects having been tired in the Spanish Consulate of Shanghai is an open secret to all. The roault, of course, could not be otherwise, for according toh. E. Jui's communica: tion to Mr. Castilla, those who go and later themselves in the Spanish Con-solate "are unworthy Ohinese subject Chinese who have selves menace to good administration in Chi one thought, dying, to the hospital. Little Captain Strouts took over com. mand, charged again and drove out the enemy, killing thirty-four in one house. The sortie which your correspondent has mixed up with this one is the sortie of the 29th June. In this tain Wray behaved like has been publicly the columns of bullet-dodger" by his own men has sines been taught the error compared to the Italian sortie is the Japanese attack on Chinese cannon ranged against the Fu. This took Japanese teers assault-place on the 6th July. A force of the Chinese positions fiercely, and although Captain Ando, who command. 'e1, fell mortally wounded at once, the men pressed on and clearing all obstacles actually seized one gun. The cowardice of the Chinese converts who sscoompenied this forlorn hope to drag away the guns was alone responsible for the sortie party having to retire without one prize.
The retreat was! wither's point of view tobe found not in siege matters but in subsequent oven ta: Reference was made to the Pekin, order to relate rence. The I siege seized gr Customs oorpounds fication whataoover. i portions of the Fu which belonged to the Japanese owing to their gallant defence. Sir Robert Hi rightly or wrongly gave way. The point now is this. If old history is going to be raked up and questions raised, stops will be taken to inure the fullest publicity in England, and also to insure that when the evacuation of Peking really takes place, areas to which nationalities have no claim are surrendered to their rightful owners, Iam, etc, B. L. Porwam Weaus, P.8.—The inclusion of a'abular state-it giving the percentage of losses of the various detachments is not as happy an argument 8 your correspondent would appear to think. In the abortive sortie (ride p. 11, China Blue Book, No. 3 0f1901) the Italian losses were two killed, and five wounded excluding Lieutenant Paolini. This total of eight mon moans 27.6 per cent of the detachment pre-
Tcouclude this short correspondence by frankly expressing my opinion on the subject. I think Me. Castilla would renilor a groat service to Spain and liards by complying at once with the wishes of the Chinese authorities who ar country.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.