To the Editor of the NonrH-Cutwa Daisy News."
Sit,—"Business as Usual" may be. 1 good motto, but it is apt to be mise understood og the following extract from a letter recently received from London, from a firm intimately cone nected with the China trade, will prov It was with much regret, that we received your telegram indicat ing that the position in Shanghai and China generally is likely to be us, The papers have, of:
course, during the past few weeks, been full of the troubles in Chinaybut these have usually been.
garded here as greatly exaggerate ced especially as hitherto there has been no interruption of business."
In this connexion is it wise to hold a Race Meeting next Saturday? Apart from the fact that this vill "cause a crowd to assemble," contrary to the Municipal Council's Proclamation, is it not likely to convey a false impression to the world at large, and to lead peopl believe that things here are les serious than reported? It would be well to remember that Shangai is very much in the limelight just now. Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.