To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cursa Dalny News"
Sim,—The article, under the caption of "Shanghai's Settlement Faced With Major Crisis" appearing in to-day's issue of the "N,-C.D.N." "leads one furiously to think" and in view of potentialities and the S; M.C. being reduced to a "puppet" administration in the not very' distant future, it is suggested that the British Imperial authorities be stirred up, to take such means as may be necessary to maintain their rights in this part of the "world, notifying all and sundry gentry with "i ive" tendencies anent a fact which for a number of years Seems to have been overlooked and which it would seem highly judicious 10 re-announce in terms devoid of all ambiguity, This is, that that portion of the Foreign Settlement bounded by the Soochow Creek, the Defence Greek (nowadays Thibet Road), The Yang King-pan and the River, to-day, as it has always been, The British Settlement of Shanghai and that dor this portion of the Foreign Settlements at least, no interference in its administration will be tolerated, For the last 30 years or so—ever since Boxer. year, in fact, there seems to have been a lot of loose talk about an "International" Settlement, a term for which the present scribe can find no authority, unless it be that popular "usage regularizes a solecism? That he ig reluctant to believe and would be grateful.if you, Sir, or one of your better-informed readers would settle the. point, specifying just when and where the British Settlement of Shanghai ceased to be such, Of course the extra-mural portion of the Foreign Settlement may be "International" that is not the point at issue; what is desired is the legal status of that portion of the Settlement within the boundaries as above specified.
If the present scribe is right in his contention, it would be curious to find that such "big shots" as Anthony or John Cantuar have yet quite a lot to learn,
SAMURAI
Shanghai, Jan, 5.
*'The International Settlement of Shanghal.came into being in 1863, in Which year the British and American Settlements were amalgamated under One municipal council.
Old newspapers can also be used to great advantage to put under those thus lying on a cold floor.
Anyone having old packing cases or old newspapers and willing to give them to the International Red Cross will confer a great favour by calling Mr, J, S, Brenneman, Telephone 11778, and giving the name of the donor and the address at which the materials may be collected. The International Red Cross will call for them.
C. H. Lowz, Secretary Publicity & Appeals Committee.
Shanghai, Jan. 6.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.