From the London "Evening News' we take the following which appears. in one of its in February:—
Speaking at 9 "Manda off China' meeting ne, Mitcham Vestry Holl 3 Mf." Wall, Socialist candidate {or Mitel, said there were. only 17,000 British" nationals in Ching, and. they were. all people, of "*hady: reputations 'They employed children six yours of 10 hours a day for a wags that would not Keep an Englishman in, woodbines-emo children none iding' he woud. aay, give Surely some of ne, at least, are entitled to protest against" this. sweeping denunciation. Let us eon sider some facts, When the present writer applied for a job in Chine. he was one of over 80 applicants. and he would like to know whether was the one with a shady re. putation and so got the position. against the 79 pure-minded souls who were left out in the cold of the British Isles, Or would Wall put it that all the 80 were of shady reputation, hence theit™ desire to get to China, but only one was lucky enough to snatch the ekance to join men, women and children of calibre similar to hi own. Of course, although we make bold to say it ourselves, Mr. Waif is talking: the most, pernicious and vilest trash imaginable. Tis. gesture would condemn all those splerslic. missionaries who are doing suds excellent work in the interior, he is entirely ignorant of the that the lead against child laban the factories has come from Britich manufacturers.
Tt has to be real: ztd, however, that Mr. Wa't like other people, believes only what it suits him to accept.
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