I differ very much-from "Disinterested" who says that it cannot be denied that Li is still legal President of China. Li is not the legal President of China, and -certainly he does-not deserve the title or the least courtesy. When Li Yuan-hung compelled Parliament to dissolve in 1917 he acted in a miserable, backboneless manner. He committed high treason against China.and should therefore have been tried accordingly. For some reason or other, he managed to get off. Li is not the man to be in the Presidential chair, and certainly is not, as "Disinterested"' would have us believe, undoubtedly sincere and honest of purpose.
I hold no brief for the Chibli party and I admit that their methods are not as straight as they could be. Hence, I will pass from that.part of ''Disinterested's'' letter.
"Disinterested" talks through the back of his head.: The action of the Chamber of Commerce a dozen years ago is dead and buried and even if the foreign Chambers in. Shanghai_did likewise, they would be entirely within their rights, for it up to them to protect themselves, their families and their interests, not to mention property. Anyhow, it is much to- be regretted that the" Chambers to-day do not. take action in the matter and demand the immediate expulsion of Li Yuan-hung from Shanghai, when ther Settkements or otherwise. He is a menace, a danger to the public peace and good order and the safety of Shanghai. His coming has been a breach of the treaty entered into between Kiangsu and Chekiang, and as a result fighting is liable to break out at any time, involving millions of lives in these two provinces. And how do we know that somebody might not attempt to shoot or throw a bomb-shell at Li Yuan-hung. This is only a conjecture, I admit, but it will not be-a con-lecture if one of those bomb-shells or bullets strike one of our beloved ones. I hold that Li Yuan-hung is a danger to the community in which he lives,
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