To the Editor of the "Norrn-Cutwa Datty News."
Sir,—No doubt the great majority the people of Shanghai—in fact, all except those of the professional agitator type—were very pleased indeed to read that ''a complete settlement" of this incident has now been effected "and the matter is now considered closed."
A very practical acknowledgment of the compassionate grant from the Council would be for the Commission for the Reorganization of the Shanghai Merchants' Associations (in other words the former General Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai) and other public bodies who have been equally concerned in bringing about this settlement to make nouficements' in the Press (both foreign and Chinese) confirming th receipt of the money and its distribution, and. calling upon their members and the general public to suppress further unnecessary reference to this particularly unfortunate affair. It is also sincerely to be hoped that the arrangements made between the Council and the Chinese representatives include an undertaking by the latter to secure the expunging of May 30 from all published lists of China's days of, "Humiliation" and "Martyrdom" etc,, and by their general attitude to, show that the settlement is genuinely accepted as: a complete "amende honorable Some such definite gesture on the part of our Chinese friends would bbe welcome evidence of their sincere desire to forgive and forget" and to join hands with their foreign friends in an honest and whole-hearted fort to promote an atmosphere of goodwill and ce-operation for mutual I am, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.