To the Editor of the News" that the special senso Fepresenty the Emperor of Japan. For those who still respect the cultural ideals of Japan Jas the embodiment of such ideal is impossible not to raise the que: tion as above stated. If the ordinary civilian takes off his hat and bows as hho passes an ordinary soldier on sentry duly is he truly honoring the Emperor and the nation of Japan Quite. often one can see trucks tied with Japanese soldiers who must purposely come down the Wrong side of the road and donot the lives of others.
The other day friend of the writer, while passing in a ear in Hongkew, was passed by along file of army trucks, all of which came down the wrong side of the road and forced this friend far to one side in the midst of fallen debris, The soldiers were laughing fat the plight of this friend, as if their own lawlessness were a good joke. On another occasion a friend in a taxi, was in serious danger through the rapid approach of a Japanese officer who came in a car down the wrong side of the road. Only extremely quick action by the taxi driver saved this friend from serious consequences to life.
On Sunday morning, March 17, the writer saw a foreigner drive up in his fear 1 a gas station at the foot of Yuen Ming Yuen Road, step out and request that his, car tyres be inflated with air. While the station keeper in the oct of blowing up the first tyre, another car came suddenly to this same gas station, within which were two Japanese officers and other Japanese. The driver at once stepped ful, took the air compression tube from the station master and began adding air to one of his own tyres. The foreigner, and American by the
thal. Give me, the tube." He at once antly "said—"You can't do took the be from the driver and reluimed it to the station master, tell-Ing him to 0 ahead and complete his original task. The driver was surely nol a gentleman ang the supposed gentlemen in the car had said nothing.
Would it not be near the truth for those who do not have any animosity: toward the ner things of Japanese life, most respectfully to suggest that inthe eyes. of foreigners at Yeast, to show respect to the rink and file nese soldier is not to show yess pect either to the Emperor of Japan to the nation that he rules ud represents?
Shanghai, Mar. 28,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.