July 6. Wirs all courtesy to our corres-ce' whose de-
"pidgin" English will have been read with delight by many, it may be thought that the iginal contention of ''Old Resiis valuable enough for Serious consideration. It will be recalled that the latter pleaded for abolition of the ''clumsy and ridiculeus jargon, yelept pidgin' English, a survival of the old Factory times' on four main grounds: its offensiveness to educated Chinese; the fact that foreigners are mainly responsible for its perpetuation; the practical usefulness of eschewing pidgin and the practical uselessness of speaking it. Now as regards the last argument, there may be two Points of view. Educated Chinese may be struck cut of consideration; there are thousands of these whom no one would ever dream of addressing in "'pidgin''. Again, the number of houseboys,
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