To the Editor of the "Norta-Cuina Dainty News."
Str,—Although Sir Robert Ho Tung and others before him have suggested Conferences and meetings of the different political leaders for the Unification of id it is now too late for mistering such "physic". It is evident that some drastic surgical operation is necessary. The disease' has been allowed to eat its way so far, that it has now become a malignant canker in the body politic. Not only is the patient's life in danger, but the critical condition of the patient is causing great anxiety to his friends and well-wishers.
All patriotic citizens of the Chinese Republic are anxiously and impatiently waiting for a solution of the present political deadlock, and the ending of the brigandage. suffering, and misery, which prevail throughout the length and breadth of the land.
In spite of the fact that certain political leaders, including the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and other religious, charitable, and educational bodies, hava suggested conferences and meetings for the solution of the present political troubles, nothing has eventuated, and the situation is growing daily from bad to worse.
In my humble opinion, the demddy isin the hands of the people. If the citizens of the different provinces hasten to combine and unite, it will not be a difficult matter to get rid of the robbers and brigands, which infest the country, and peace and good order would naturally follow.
Ever since the ousting' of the usurping Manchus, I have retired from the political arena, not wishing to participate in party strife and civil war, which I knew would follow the assumption of the Presidency by Yuan Shih-kai; and although I warned my old friend the late Dr. G. E. Morrison (Political Adviser) at the time, he did not retire, until after the downfall and death of Yuan Shih-kai, when it was too late!
After witnessing in pain and sorrow 13 years of civil war and bloodshed, followed by indeserible misery and suffering by
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