The Cry of "Bogey-Man"
To the Editor of the "Normi-Ciawa Dany News"
It is not correct to state that. local conditions allow such a state of affairs. Tons of silver are lying idle jin Shanghai and the Banks will lend money at the rate of 7 and even er cent. per annum on joint signa tures, provided that the borrowers Jeffer some kind of guarantee. People who have no standing, however, and Jnot the slightest guarantee become, then, the prey of the money "sharks"
quote the very terms of the law Jof the District of Columbia) and the latter extract their pound of flesh by threats of imprisonment or by reporting the matter to the employers Jor the borrowers. T know two cases (one woman and one man, both Russians) who were driven to suicide Sun1 see in yesterday's issue of your esteemed paper an article headed "Three Days of Grace" in which it is stated that the Lazarist Fathers and the Marist Brothers, both of which have been in the Chapoo district for twenty years, have been ordered away, apparently on the grounds that Chapoo is to be fortified. The article also says that when "they requested the reason for the amazing order, they were given none, But when they. stated they would not move they were imme diately told that the authorities would take no responsibility for the safety of the missions when the J panese arrived!
Jon account of such inhuman proceed ngs. The latter case was reported jin the local foreign papers, a few months ago.
Such being the facts and the true situation as it has been already denounced. in the correspondence columns of the N-C.DN. on several instances, I take my hat off to the [learned Judge who sternly applied the Law of every civilized country. [This may be news in SI bub itis welcome news to man JShanghai, July 13.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.