the Editor of the "Norta-Cama Dairy News."
Sin,—As an Englishwan, proud of his country and jealous for ber reputation for justice and genersity, I have read with feelings akin to indignation and shame the paragraph in this morning's leader, which it is urged that as Mr. Figge, who "has proved himself able Councillor", is a German, "British residents in Shanghai will be false to their country if they assist in placing one of Mr. Figge's nation in position here to manage their affairs,"
I, for one, cannot accept such a very cheap definition of patriotism which seems to me to show a little appreciation of the spirit in which the British Empire has been built up as it does of the courtesy duc to a worthy fellow resident.
That ud good can come out of Nazareth is a fallacy as old as Christianity; it seems a pity to revive it.
I am, eto., Lesuiz J. Cuoirt.
Shanghai, Jan. 15.
The judicial detachment of Mr. Cubitt's mind may be admired but we de not think it is to be envied. If Mr. Cubitt wishes to give his vote to a representative of his coun. try's bitter enemy in preference to one of his own country or to a representative of the country her allies, he is, of course, perfectly free to do so. But there are others for whom the horrors of the present war are too insistent to allow them to appreciate this somewhat inva ed form of love for one's country.
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