To the Editor of the refers to the great pol which the soldiers show-to for-igners in Ningpof may I quote a little id creat, politeness to me while there? the morning of March 5 1 was pontoon to meet my'
who was returning from nghai. Whilst waiting for the' Msin Peking to come alongside, a soldicr?—(there were at least 200 soldiers on and around the Pontoon) came and asked me who I was and what business I bad onthe pontoon, Well, I could sce that the poor fellow was a "Shanghai Nying" and in all probability had never seen one of my species before, so I tried to explain, but before I had tims to open my Twas impolitely told to} 'The soldier(?) emphasizing! the fact' by making a lunge at me his bayonet. Secing I had had tle past experience of "'stunts" like that, I decided that discretion as the beter part of valour and others to know that T casual or week-end visitor to Ninspo. T have lived there for the past two years and outside of the above little instance of "crat politeness" I could; give numerous other instatees of the "great politeness" I have experienced there since the coming of the "Reds."
Tam, ete,
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