To the Editor of the "'Nortsa-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—May I raise a protest against your publication of the letter by Fiat Justitia" in your issue of January 28? When read in its context it is seen to be a clever parody of. Mr. Moller's letter of the previous day, in which he shows in a parable the absurdity of this "special constable's" plea that he is above the law.
The danger of the letter lies in the subtility of "Fiat's' humour. Many of your Chinese readers will fail to see that it was intended for parody, and interpret it as a statement of actual fact. By such 3 will be quoted in all good faith as an admission that under extraterritoriality the white bully can tyrannize over the Chinese without any fear of punishment, and that the volunteers use their arms not for the protection of the community but as instruments of personal violence. At the present time when opponents of extraterritoriality are so much to the fore it is a great pity that such "evidence" should be put into their hands by so reliable a paper as yours.
I am, etc., Wa. N. Warren. Yungchowfu, S. Hunan, Feb. 6.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.