To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cmia Dany News"
Sir: The letter addressed to you by "Anxious Inquirer" opens a new field of t. Our Lord in one of His parables said, "Take the mote out of your own eye before you attempt to remove the beam from your neighbours." And I might suggest that our Chinese friends who are to take a hand in the government of the Settkment, should first of all address their talent to nantao and I'am willing kiang, Soochow, and many other cities, have proper annual audited accounts fror these places, let the Chinese tax-payer know how his money is being spent before attempting to misgovern a city like Shang. hai that is a model for all China.
Even if we had two Chinese members in the Council, what would be the result? It would be this, in spite of their own integrity, there would be such an enormous pressure which they could not resist to substitute Present employees of the Council with relations, friends, and students.
There is another absurdity, why don't they ask for seats on the French Council, that is more autocratic or imperialistic than ours as ithe French Consul has the veto, No, let us stand out and hold on tight. The Chinese have scope for Municipal activities in hundreds of their own cities, towns and villages, where taxes are collected with noth: ing to show for them, no roads, greeks choked up with debris, the inhabitants squeezed to the last cent for the man higher up.
Shanghai now consists of 2 number of funk holes habited by these men higher up. After robbing the oer native to the last cent, giving nothing in return, not even faked accounts, these vultures buy a property in the Settlement and live happily ever after.
Chna is still divided into two classes, the banker, merchant, shopkeeper. and farmer form a class of fine character. "The other, the students and officials, are the same arrogant of of ignorant obstructionists that have paralyzed China for the past hundred years. If the student was any use at all, he could find em. ployment. As it is, his official rela.
15 have to squeeze the poor people even further to provide there upstarts with propaganda, Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.