To the Editor of the "Nowen-Cuma Dany News"
Sin—In justice to the foreign con-Jcossions in China, especially those in [Shanghai, which have provided safe shelter and afforded ample protection to the lives of millions of Chinese Including the so-called leaders, T cannot help reminding Mr. An Fucting, so-called Chinese delegate to the International Labour Conference, of the lunéairness of his attack upon those concessions, as reported from Geneva in your to-day's issue. He alleges that "Foreign concessions in China, especially those in Shanghai, exist only for the advantage of foreign capitalists who have no sense of social Justice.
Perhaps Mr. An would better realize that the concessions he particularly dislikes are just the ones to with millions of Chinese. especially their! so-called "leaders," owe the very safety of their tives up to this moment. Could he point out to the world any better place in China where his compatriots may rest comfortably, especially during times of political troubles? As to social justice, can this be found among the mere handful of Chinese "capitalists" any belter than the Chingse labourers have enjoyed from foreigners?
'By the way, if China could afford better justice and living to her own' people than the foreigners in this country, one cannot understand the preference of those poor Chinese to work with foreigners rather than with their own nationals, and to crowd the concessions, particularly those in Shanghai. Not only the poor Chinese indeed, but those! wealthy merchants, officials, ete, who cannot deny the fact that they have to pay taxes to the foreign municipalities, indirectly borne by the common Chinese as the officials, naturally. obtain their income and wealth (legally or illegally) from. Government revenues which, in turn, are derived irom the people.
Whatever evils there are in China that might be caused by the existence of foreign concessions, foreign this. or that, these cannot be eliminated by mere shouting and complaining of the Chinese. For it requires only common sense to understand that foreign evils, ]whatever they be, would die a natural death if they could find no comfortable existence in this country.
China, indeed, may s an abundance of "educated" people, but common sense seems to be utterly lacking among them. If the Chinese would command the respect of the world as fully grown up people, they cannot do so by behaving Like timid, helpless children like they have [shown to outsiders so far.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.