To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cina Daly News"
SmI regret to And in your to-day's editorial @ nationalistic. spirit. which you have intersected into the coming lection. 'By pulling up three Japanese candidates, we Japanese have no Intention whatever to impair the international character of the Seltlement. On the contrary we want to Keep' the above characteristics -un= imparted, It is a matier of regret, indeed, that, you. emphasized the necessity to "throw your full weight exclusively behind their five. ean-dates and, in logical support of the status quo, behind the two American candidates," because you will create thus two opposing "camps, Anglo Saxon vs. Japanece, in this highly ternational community. Nothing is more dangerous to the peace and welfare in such a cosmopolitan Settlement than the interjection of a racial element, which We must avoid by all means, So far as Japanese are concerned, it Is our sincere desire to maintain the International spirit which In the past has been held to govern the election and which has Contributed to the peace and prosperity of the Settlement, So we are Being to give our support to the British as well as to the American candidates in the coming election, because We know that it would be a erfoun mistake If the election took place on national lines.
T fear that you are not clear on the Japanese claim for three candidates.
stated in the elreular sent to the British voters by the British Election Committee that "there 1s no agreement nor understanding Imiting the representation on the Council of foreign nationalities concerned to any prescribed number." If 50, why not three "Japanese candidates? We Japanese Imow what a great role the British have played in the building up of Shanghai for the past hundred years and we admire their common-ense for which they are noted throughout the world, in throwing open what was origi the English Settlem" present In Settlement. Therefore, we respect their claim for retaining their present majority, that five members on the Council, We have no intention to try {o undermine the above British _ropresentation. Only in view of the present situation the Settlement we believe that five British= and throe Japanese are the fair representation, I have avery confidence in the fulure of the Settieconvinced that its 0 ment depends upon the elimination of narrow nationalistic views In the handling of community probleme, Fun.
Shanghel, Mar. 18,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.