The Siberian Mail To the Editor of the "NowtH-Cama DAILY News'
Sim,—With reference to your. leaderette in yesterday's edition of your esteemed paper, might T ex-Press surprise that it should have! taken so many months to have this matter brought up in the House of Commons.
As you write, a modus vivendi would have speedily been establish-were the issue between two business firms, and the delay utterly ridiculous and discreditable to all concerned. ihas been due ions and can there-dealt with by the homo ign Office, why, in the interests lof British Trade were the present} deplorable state of affairs not re-' ported to that quarter ax soon us the delays first started instead of leaving you and the Chambers. of Commerce to waste so much time futile agitat We have just farewell the most popular Ministe Chinese point of view especially, the British have ever had in Chini We have also a Commercial Cou eller who is out here for the ial purpose of looking' after interests, Tt seems incredible that, with such a. strong combination on' the spot, the delay fu mails could not have been reetified long ago, Bricks
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