A word needs to be said in behalf of some of the coolies returned from France. It was generally supposed that they returned, if not overloaded with war wealth, at least carrying a fairly useful cash but even this modest Possession appears to have had only a mythical existence, at any rate in a large number of cases. Many of the men returned to Shanghai have had to adopt that Jast resource of gaining a livelihood—ricsha- pulling. Many, if not all, are worthy of better hire, and in view of services rendered the least Shanghai people can do is to give them an opportunity of getting out of the ricsha Tut. Many of these men have already come within the scope of the Riesha Mission, which is doing its best to meet their immediate needs and find suitable employment. Numbers of them have been sent to the S. M. C. Public Works Department. More are waiting for Work, and the Director of the Mission. Mr. George Matheson, will be glad to hear from any person or company in need of coolie labour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.