To the Editor of the "Nowni-Cixa Dany News"
Sm—May T bring forward a point which has not yet been emphasized in the discussion over the proposed Coronation Memorial. This is, that Britons in Shanghai should be warned to take the long view—perhaps the 100 long view.
There. may errors and wwe been incompetence Inthe past, but why should they be reasons for" not Look to the future? No one pretends fa" this 'Settlement thatthe. present state of aifalrs will persist for ever, nese Influence in the control of the Settlement is increasing in pro [portion to the increase. In' the 'f= feeney and control of the Chinese Government over the Interior of China, And it must be admitted that, sooner oF later, the Chinese will have [complete control over the Settlement, which will be, as It is now in name Dut not In foet, Chinese territory.
such a case the municipal jolt, now under the administra of an international council, will be under purely Chinese control, and it Is a reasonable supposition ' that they will be under" Chinese law—Jespeelally the laws regarding educa ton, 1¢ this happens, what wilt beth position of British subjects, suppose they have no extrateritoriat rights at the time, which Is by no means a supposition out of the picture?
The Chinese educational laws which fore at present in existence stipulate {or certain restrictions upon religious insttuetion, upon lungtnges, aiid upon certain Kuomintang rites which are made" compulsory, to which the parents of British children attending {these schools might easily take ex-Jception, Ir circumstances such these arise—ag they are bound to do unless the Chinese government modifies its education" laws—what ave British subjects in China going to do?
The answer is that they will found school of their own. "If extrater= ritorial rights have by that time been abandoned, this school will have comply with the regulations of the Chinese government, but no one will believe that government will Insist upon the enforcement of rules, down for purely Chinese schools in a school founded and managed solely for subjects of "a friendly nation, There will then ye a scramble to raise This statement is further amplified "The reason why "ne school ad sd'Sves adjoining is because fnseit to be outside toe The promoters of the Fund and Mr. Locxianr appear to be in agree If it were found necessary, for reasons of economy, to rent playing-fields away from the school, quite conceivable that the authorities funds for the foundation pf q British school for British children—with the sual result of a scramble, that the Schoo! will be ineticientiy' managed ud inadequately endowed, Your Coronation Appeal gives an opportunity. forthe British com: munity of Shanghai to lay the founda tions of school that wilt be needed edly within the next decade "of $0. there are many objections, ranted. For one thing, the terms of the will of the late Mr. Henry Lester might be interpreted in more liberal school than sen bathing Shanghai, June 1, "Extravagant Ideas"
To the Biter of NowrisCunta Davy News"
Sut aim very much in agreement with the tacts and. position as fully contribution on the above subject which appeared in Monday's issue of the "North China" Daily: News," and note that the writer has failed 10 show why the Coronation Memorial should be in the form of a [new Cathedral School T say without hesitation that the [sponsors of the scheme realising that and although T am a Churchman, 1 fave no intention of subscribing {0 the "scheme. oltonded the Coronation Service at. the Cathedral, when the total uralier present was less than Sit, and "this number " included minors. as well az seniors, so. that the Church of England 1s'in'a vast, would provide transport for those smaller boys who were unable to find their own way there.
In other' ways Mr. Lockwanr has undoubtedly done the Fund a distinct service by many of his pithy, well-chosen remarks, Oxrooxen, Shanghai, June 1. terms than has been seen fit up to low. 'These are objections upon which It will be the duty of the courts to pass, rather than' the ind\=
'The handing over of the control of the Settlement to the Chinese may not be likely fora number of years, Jand your correspondent's fears may'
unjustified. "The fact remains,
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