To the Editor of the "Norta-Cuina Dairy News."
Sin,—''As a man sows so shall he reap!" Thais no doubt is why you anticipated "'getting it in the neck" for venturing to suggest the remote possibility of something resembling an approach to decent amenities twixt Germans and ourselves at some future date. Your anticipation seems to have been correct to judge from the two correspondents who have replied to the letter from "Fairplay."
As one who has been in it and through it I would also venture to suggest that the Press might now safely slow down somewhat on the hate idea and turn its attention more to our own Prussians and Profiteers, of which latter you recently gave an interesting example. I put it to you that the man who to-day is financially worth one cent more than he would have been had the war not occurred is not an honest man. How many can Shanghai count No doubt the profiteers here as elsewhere have been the victims vi console by patriotic philan-circumstances! and salve their
thropy—sometimes. My point is -simply this—that' we might do worse than put our own house in order and leave the Germans alone-For which no doubt you will write me down as ANERLIER GeRMas.
P. S.—You seemed to be rather ashamed of your avicle "One's Duty to One's Neighbour." Why? It seemed to me to indicate a return to a sense of proportion of things which is more consistent with the usual idea of British fairplay. And about: time too!
And now I suppose I had better sign myself A Doveue-ryen GerMax Shanghai, June 10. a'. It may be advisable to state that the writer is nothing of the sort, and the only real complaint against him is the trouble that the indifferent typing of his letter has given in correction—Ed. the Editor of the "Norta-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—Judging from the correspondence under the above heading in to-day's paper, it would seem that little more of your valuable space need be taken' up in this futile discussion. The vast number of returned men, throughout the world, as well as those who have worked on War Charities and all who have given their " mite," I am sure, agree with me in this.
Whatever the feelings are of "Fairplay," "I. M.," "Mentor" and those who wish to "turn the other cheek," it should generally be conceded that those who have come in contact with the Hun and know something of German cbaracteristice, know how they must be prepared to face him in the com-
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