To the Editor of the "Nortn-Cmiwa Dany News"
Sm.—The news that the Hungjao area is going to be "fully defence: is no doubt going to be great encouragement—and quite rightly so—at least to one of the combatants. But in the event of the tides turning and another strategic withdrawal becoming necessary, no doubt we stand: every possibility of seeing a further exhibition of what was done with Chapei—oniy this time it's going to be foreign and'not Chinese property that's going to contribute to the Guy Fawkes celebration And, of course, the poor investor will be told by the powers-that-be and possibly by the good authorities of the Model Settlement—whose gracious development in roads had served as a welcome beckoning for the creation of a Beaulahland in the western suburbs of Shanghai, minus a territorial status—that chest la guerre. But what a practical joke! And, what's more important, who's going to foot the bill?
It is noteworthy in this connection that new houses built within the perimeter of the British troop-pro~
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