Lord Cushendun and the Leagug of Nations Now Tackled A Geneva telegram to the pao," published yesterday, says:—Mr, Hsia Chi-feng, delegate of the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and half a dozen Chinese organizations of that place has addressed a letter to Lord Cus-hendon, Acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, "in which. he has lodged.a strong protest against the establishment of greyhound as-Shanghai. sociations by British subjects in
Mr. Hsia, in his letter, says ter: all "As representative of various commercial and industrial bodies. of
neglect my responsibilities in voie-Shanghai 1 cannot ing the views of my colleagues in Yegard to the question of greyhound racing in Shanghai, which practice thas been started by your nationals, I the Chinese bodies which represent are aware of their duties and their obligations towards the maintenance of peace and order, and they are deeply concerned over the moral welfare of the public as well as with economic problems. Greyhound races frequently involve heavy losses, even to the extent of hundreds of' thousands of dollars, and it is considered to be the worst ind of gambling evil poss "If this practice wore not under the control and protection of the British Government, it would not be a difficult matter to suppress it.
ism on the part of the tie of Shanghai jonging more and more.
Things are going from bad to worse. The British Government, for the sake of preserving the interests and benefits of its nationlls who are founders of the two clubs already in existence, has evidently ignored and sacrificed the welfare and the moral and economic development of the Chinese people.
Tt is not only the Chinese, but the foreign merchants as well, who have boon victimized by these gambling enterprises, "The real things standing in. the way of dissolution of these dubs are the matters of extratersitari" lity. and consular. jurisdiction, Under the protection of extraterri= toriality, British merchants they please and the Chinese people suffer as the result, This tends to prove the justification and rights of the Chinese Government in secking the abolition of all the antiquated and ill-gotten treaties.
"The Chinese Ratepayers Associa tion of Shanghai already has taken this matter up with the British Minister in Peking, and Tam taking this opportunity of addressing this lotter to you with a view to obtaine ing your support and ce-operation in suppressing these roots of evil."
Aniother report has it that. Bfr. Hsia has informed Lord Cushendu that he proposes to bring the mat ter before the League of Nations,
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