To the Editor of the "Nowru-Ciwa Daw News."
Su,—Certain of the tite assurance policies issued by companies operating in Shanghai bear a clause to the effect that "in the event of the aasattred—engayginse in warlike operations, the amount payable under the policy shall be limited in the event of claim to the aggre gate of the premiums paid."
the ease of many members of the Volunteer, Corps their life assurance must represent the substance tial part of whatever estate they would Leave to dependents in the event of death, and it seems to me (without any desire to evente a panic) that it would be advisable for fall such members to make enquiries. fof the insurance company before being: mobilised, as to the position i respect of their particular policies. There is also the question as to what the Municipal Councils would or could do in the event of serious trouble, to provide compensation for any unfortunate members of the Corps.
Tam, ete. money from the populace not onl }of England but of all the world over and in vaster quantities; forcibly abducted not thousands but millions' of the innocent people and caused the death of a number of them; and generall 4 ruined not their own countries alone but the whole world as mud
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