To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cuna Dany News"
Sin fool that you are doing a service in pressing this subject our notice, It fs curious to find how dense some British voters are, 1 have heard Int suggested that the best thing to do Is to let the Japanese get their third seat as they can do nothing ina year and in the mean time the shock of losing a British seat will slit the community to action with the result that the poll wilt be Dig enough in 1997, There Is also the state of mind which Is blindly indifferent to the sustained attacks and _secusations made in the Japanese press during the past year—a press well under control 93 everyone knows—and, tu the name of fairplay, international goodwill or some such well-meant term, contends that the campaign should be conducted with apologetic bows, oven to the extent of nullifying efforts to preserve the British seats. Furthermore, T observe that Japanese to your use of the "One partleutarly fatuous critic asserts that the challenge should be used of both sides. If IT throw down a challenge to an exist-Ing condition of things, those who disagree with me can' either accept the challenge and set out to resist my action or can, as you have pointed out, decide to tet the challenge succeed by default, In neither event oes this turn me into a challenger, unless the laws of duelling have been radically misinterpreted. "If there 1s 2 contest, politeness and good taste are to be lauded, but it does not mean that ratepayers should vote for their opponents. The Japanese raised this issue Just as they, despite all friendly remonstrance, led the way in developing the national caucus in the lections. There is no other accurate interpretation of events.
Let the British voters see to it that their tight inthe determination of the Seltlement's affairs is not impaired. Opportunities tost do not Tecur. 1 do not care if not any of the seven candidates are friends of mine. "They are to me merely the massive bulwark of the which T want maintained. by trying to get away with less votes for them I am, as you rightly point out effectively letting In the Sopanese 'And after all have the Japanese Justified much respect for their muniefpal labours? 'The $90,000 Tele-have been came directly [phone inquiry which was proved 10 unnecessary from their stampeding of the Ratepayers' Meeting. "ihe! 0. chiefly
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