The Chinese population of London is increasing. The Orientals have overflowed from Chinatown, and are taking houses in adjacent districts, while many of hem have business or are employed in the West End. At one time thet haunts were pretty well confined to Pennyfields, Limehouse Causeway and West) India Dock Road, but nowadays their homes: are to be found in Poplar High Street and in most of the adjacent roads. While many of the men are seamen who come and go, cithers have settled in tHis country, and have uiarried English girls, as may be gathered from the number of half-caste children to be seen.
"It would be better if. the Chinese population showed a Tendency to decrease," said a gentleman engaged in social work in Chinatown to a "Daily News" representative. "We have had sonic little trouble up here with the English people who claim that the Chinese is competing with them for houses, and offering high rents, They are prosperous, and they seem to have a social sense and a ce-operative systeut of living. They undoubtedly do ive with English girls, but I am told that. they make affectionate busy bands and devoted fathers.
In Chinatown the "Daily News? representative was shown a soapstone Chinese idol, taken from a house in the East End, and was told of a place where dogs are bred in order to provide Chinese crews with tasty dishes.
Some of their restaurants are fadens, and it Ys stated that West End parties often motored down to taste China tea, which was said ito be perfection.
The Chinatown "newspaper" is a" written bill, stuck up on the street walls.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.