To the Biitor of the "Nontu-Cuiva Daty News."
Sir—Your leading article Wednesday last, entitled "Financial Suicide," sounds a note of alarm which is Gnnecessarily and unjustifiably dominant, However regrettable the dismissal of Sir Franci Aglen may appear to be at the present juncture, it, must not be forgotten that the Chinese Government is entirely within its rights in dispensing with his services, and presumptive evidence that this tion was prompted by other than merely political motives is to be found in the fact that the mandate announcing jsmissal expressly declares that all foreign loans and indemnities and the domestic loan present strong, stable, honest, and reliable government at" Peking.
"Verbum Sapienti" says that there is no suggestion that the organization which the late I. G. established for the service of the loans sind indemnities is to be interfered with, therefore of course it avill not, cannot, be interfered, with, that is plain; it is quite impossible of course that it could in Jany case be interfered with without jo previous suggestion to this effect. Peking of course has ample funds id is above temptation.
There is plainly therefore _né need to worry about Peking's having instructed the late I, G, to take action without the consent of. the treaty Powers and having dismissed} him for not taking such action, and thera can of course be no possibility lof Peking dismissing subsequent Gs. on similar grounds. to have been remedied, it is time the true. significance of euch an unwarrantable act should be made plain to the Nationalist authorities.
The Nationalist Foreign Minister jin giving assurances to the British (Consal, that the damage to the War [Memorial would be restored, bound himself to a sacred duty which we expected him fully to realize.
T am led to believe from people, Jwho Rave recently returned from /Hankow, that nothing has been done, Janda doubt is formulating in the} jinds of a good many whether any' sincere attempt will be made either.
Ag an Ex-Service man, who fought} fon the front line in France for three years, it is my just right to demand that the proper authorities should) take this matter in hand immediately, and if necessary, to enforce the repair of an insult which no nation has ever before been called upon to {take placidly.
The damage to the Cenotaph! Jshould be remedied to the satisfac-sion of a responsible British representative, and a ceremony be the report of the mob outrages ap-
was exaggerated, I wish to say that such was not the ease.
T was in Foochow at the time these outrages occurred, and would say that, rather than being exaggerated, the-"account that you printed from Mrs. Mathews was-a moderate one. Incidents occurred, apart from those related, that are unfit to record in print. Your statement of withdrawal was most unfortunate.
Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.