"Nonri-Cuiva Datty News,"
'Sim—Assuming that a man lives and "pays the local' rates Aberdeen but sends his children for schooling to London, does he have {obey Higher seid fees in London Deeaue he does not pay local rates lund sends his children to France, Supposing that someone
Germany or Switzerland to school, does he' have. to bay an increased school ce because' he pays no taxes any of hone eountties? extra' school fees ate charged. for may aa well sy" no thoo The answer to these question i I cannot therefore see, what unidentlon here is for the shang: Ber cent, higher school fees for the vai Mnieipel Council to charge 26 Children' of such' patents who, for the reason or another, live i the French Concession ant pay rates there and "do not, for other ree sons, pay "taxes" in the Inter national Settlement, nor are envel way of salary alone and I rather England, and the labourer should that some European, Prime very wearily at amateur "advice" i" absence of equity and insensibility receive the same punishments, I won-Ministers receive that much these and promptly forget it—but "out of to the misfortune of other nationals? mouths of babes and sucklings," er, would the Engl 'Neither the Chief of" Police's lish keep' quiry? days. But, of course, what is a biggest section of the foreign com As your Journal, represents. the Prime Minister in Europe compared jete, I venture to offer a few ideas, to the Secretary-General "of the Tu a late issue of the Gazette the Your correspondents at-de is conducive to an amicable Imunity, I hope you will give this Shanghai Municipal Council? Other moan re rieshas again went up. Now [Sino-foreign relation, To encourage subject' an unprejudiced atten ti Council officials receive emoluments should like to learn just why the Though this incident may be in itself Which, With due respect to. the Jowners of these filthy and ill-kept foreign goodwill it is not necessary to only "of little. consequence, "the Talents "and, eficiency of - these fearieatures of rieshas that infest appease foreigners by breaking example which its gives has a far-public servants, may be stated to be land clatter up our streets cannot be, the law on such triting matters. would spoil them, and they reaching and grave importance.
ost generous, Very many of our Father "excessive any case for are nol, treated differently. would think themselves not fairly foreigners understand how to, For instance it is presumed that predate the deference of the Chinese Dusinessmen, with heavy responsibilities and anxieties, would. be ie a taxicab company or the bus treated, it on other, occasions they find try to treat us with fairness, T company put on a decrepit bus 0 most happy if they were only halt fini tied Zogether" with" wire. and the same "very pleasing lam sure, we will meet them more re 'The Chief of Police had nothing than halfway, nay" nine-tenths of Jas "well of, as" some of our ope, the Trafic. Department would the way, for' good relationship. Two doubt take the matter up with to go, on but the foreigner's word the company concern Ng trans {handle Goabt take, the matter UP, tare [that the coolie "attempted" to man grudge. them. their incoties "but, Ty, most not be. thought, that I him. "Even. should this be|Sbanghai, Sept, 8, 1932, when the Council turns to penaliz~ is, the eiference between the ram proven by covelusive evidence any **¢U: K. has read more, into, the Ing the man of moderate means and bus of tant companies owning, $22 lone of the three punishments a de watch "than'~iy Getually" there 186 "poor man in the. matter rare Rosa Sites swat? i thorough eating, and other owners Jo iment or the cancelling of the license For pare school fees, in order to make ends rect, when the Council claims, that fare. man power—they are all nose the ricshas Jr out of all proportion offence of an "attempt" "to the ed ut it-cannot give more support to. public vehicles. "If the owners of Gommunity Schools than it does, Tecause it has not the means, [would speedily wake up, but it aprieing, were proveeated they Lam sceptical about the "attempt"
whereas by rights, the entire burden pers. these. gunnrs_ are "protected leven; I hope, you will recall how an 'English judge of the Settlement re-fof these schools should be carried ty the Council, then I say Jet the some special ct of Province fused to believe that a Chinese coolie only worry the poor devils o assault a ministration' raise: "funds by leountry umpkins that are allowed, foreigner.
Tt is unheard of, because reducing ex nditure where there im|without Poli 2 margin allowing of reduction, and [public vehicles and imperil' the fife ge examinates 10 where such reductions would cause fand limbs of the people who, are neither distress nez hardship as in Jcompelled to. use them' Would it the case of & man of very moderate, Met be possible to try and handle of to say small means, who sudden: this Tieaha, menace from the very ly finds, that he has to pay twice roots and not fiddle about with the much for' schooling" than was wigs and buds. If no, why not? Formerly the ease.
Ts it mot possible ta have two The argument has been advanced, lelasses of public rieshas (different that "the money expended on 1 the colours) duly allowing reduced it is actual never heard of, On the lather hand, hardly a resident in [Shanghai hi failed to witness scenes, wherein ricsha coolies have been beaten by foreigners for next to 0 reason. ist of Police and. his Acconing to a Changshu (Kiangsu) telegram to the Chinese T have been at lost to uriderstand/press, a strange aeroplane, bearing the complaints of foreigners over|a red circle as insignia, flew over the Hankow police authorities, as,|that city September: to my knowledge, foreigners have The reasons for the flight ways received the first considera-unknown, says the report.
Orchestra might well be spent on Schools and, were the Orchestra not itself also a means of education (it "should certainly "full that object)" 1 Would' agree, more especially if all other means of raising' the necessary "funds" were
hausted. (For one' thing, yesily proven to "have, been ex: could. really not "do without the Orchestra because, where would our weekly Respighi and hi-weekly de Falla come from if Tt were abolish number of the prevent ox. carriers, ut "in. addi frst clast_type, clean, a ininimm fare of aay 10 ents (Sig) land try, ad enforce a Jone adult only to be carried, and ale' that nothing "but passengers,
prosecute the owners as Well the puller for any' breach of the rales It would mean the Hones, Jetcy taking care to hire out their ricshas to a better class of pullers, tion any tion anywhere in. Chi Now, it {Your correspon lent, "the reports re-riding the Police administration of S.A.D. No, 1, have been none too fattering for that department where foreigners have Oceastonally, the Chief "of Police's consoler and nae of justice must have prevent-led him from giving such a "pleaising" results to the foreigners, that} for their own pocket's sake. Can is why we the hue and Mr. Tsao Ju-lin, former. Peking Acconoing to the Peking papers, official who held posts at. times a8 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Com~ munications and Finance, who has been living in retirement, since 1919 when he was charged with being a "national traitor" and assaulted by wu dents, has come forward with me to promote peace in Chin intends. to invite the Pancho
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