The Archive · 1927

The Soviet Consulate Incident

To the Editor of the Nonru-Cuina Daty News."

Sin,—I, personally, am very very disappointed at the failure of the White Russians. Also I do not stand for mob law, but people who: know something of the Russi Revolution, as I do, and of the life and suf stand their desperate action, and as a whole, I think, we have no reason of complaining about the behaviour of our Russian ce-citizens in this Settlement. There are, wherever you go, black sheep.

Team convinced that if a vote would be made for or against the Jexpulsion of the bunch at No. 1, Whangpoo Road, the result woald not be in favour of the "bunch."

One more thing which is impossible for me to understand is the:

M, Police giving permission to the occupants of No. 1 Whangpoo Road to arm themselves. could such a permit be given, and did those who shot at the White Russians already have the pei mission to carry arms?

cannot but blame the 8. M. C. for what has happened, It" was bound to come, and the S. M. C. should have known it; they had enough proof that the Bolveviks fe the disturbers of the peace in this Settlement, and not only here but in all China, and if it it to expel an undesirable Settlement for far less an offence! than the one the occupants of No. 1 Whangpoo Road are guilty of, then Tam at a loss to understand the lenient way the S, Bf. C. is taking towards this most important question, Will somebody, who knows, please take the trouble of explaining and the public in general, why, the 8, M, C. has not taken stronger action 30 far? I think it is only fair that we should know why we are compelled to live side by side with criminals, who even have been forcibly ejected by the only recognized government in China, The whole incident is very unfortunate and it should never have happened in our Model Settlement, and Lam sorry to say that from my. viewpoint, which can only be ehanged by a satisfactory explanation, the only party to blame is the C., for allowing those disturbers of the peace to dwell within our city. They are not better than armed robbers, Please, Sir, do not call the No. 1 Bolshevik "Mr." He has no desire and right, to that title, he is a "Comrade."

ONE wuo xNoWws THEDt."

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