the Editor of the "Nonmi-Cunwa Dany News Si—To all those who have the welfare of British shipping at heart and who appreciate what a vitally im-Porlant part our Merchant Navy has 2 always played, and will always have to piny, in an emergency, Lord Lloyd's recent, articles in the "Dally Tele 2 graph" which are briefly reported in fo-day's issue of your journal, make very dismal reading.
That oficial figures should show that just over half the cargoes ar-
The subsidy to foreign shipping is not the only cause of the dec, ine in British shipping: it is the want. of real commercial patriotism on the: part of British merchants alike as British importers and exporters, and. Tam afraid similarly so right' here in Shanghai, Is there any real reason why one-half the cargoes arriving in. British ports are carried in foreign ships? Is this state of affairs nol due to want of patriotism on the part of importers, because when they are buying, ordering, chartering, or cther-wise engaging imports, they surely could be patriotic and call for shipment by a British sloomer whenever it Is possible, This could be done if organization were got together by have no partners, that is why dance
couples should go elsewhere or else pay a cover charge.
Fain Puay, Shanghai, Sept, 20.
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