To the Editor of the "Nonr-Cuiwa Dairy News"
Sim,—While the Wanhsien affair)
still fresh in the- public mind it would seem opportune to make an} appeal on behalf of the dependents! of those who fell in the service. ofj their fellow countrymen in China.
Inguiries have been made through the British Admiral from which it appears that in addition to the officers killed there are three A.Bs} and one Leading Seaman, who have each left behind them'a wife or mother either wholly or partly dependent upon them: these are not good times to ask for public gene-ro sity, but it is felt that many will de willing to give some help to the bereaved in such an affair as this.
Any funds received will be handed over to the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust who will gladly see that these ai used for the special assistance! of the more needy dependents of those "who* fell at Wanhsien, The! Admiralty grant is, of necessity, small and it will readily be understood that any addition to this will be more than welcome to those who! have lost their winners. defence of British rights on Yangtze.
T understand that you, Sir, can not accept, funds owing to lack of office facilities, but I shall grateful if you will notify the public that cash may be sent to me at my]
No, 2 Canton Road, and if you will iso. publish lists of donations to this most deserving cause.
Tam, ete., 8. WitKinson.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.