To'the Editor of the "Nontu-Emma Darcy News"
Sm,—In your issue of Monday Jast there was a short telegram announcing the death of Cardinal Mercier, and yesterday, Tuesday, there appeared in your columns some further telegrams about this event, but not as much as an obit-wary note.
It is, of course, most interesting to read obituary articles on the sad demise of famous race horses, crick-ofers, football players and 's0 on, but the Shanghai public may perhaps be credited with sufficient me telligence to. be able to appreciate an article about the life-work of one of the greatest men of our day, of one who stood like a pil lar' of fire between the Germans and his own countrymen, the Belgi ans, one who during the darkest days of the war inspired his countrymen with hope and their enemies with fear.
Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.