To the Euitor of the and property and trade and_com-Jmeree in and by. the Treaty Ports. As the purchasing power of the: whole nation is being rapidly demolished and the protection and trade of the Treaty Ports undermined, it is little wonder that increasing numbers of enterprising Chinese, possessing the best natural qualities of citizenship, chauid be impelled to seck the more congenial environment for their _activities afforded by British rule and justice which is administered, as the Chi-rose know full well, with absolute impartiality.
Tam, ete
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