To the Editor of the "Nowmi-Cimwa Daty News"
Sm—1 have read the letter of Me. JO. J. Hughes in your issue of to-dey /Sdmired this veteran in the service With absorbing interest. I have
our InteroationalSetersent and tways voted for him when he stood or Municipal election.
it T remember aright he has on one or two occasions previously been bre-Posed asa Counelior bys Yeading ember of our local community, and Tamm sure Ar. Mughes' will be' able
Wee egunt again upon Jewish votes next His totier im your to-day's Segue makes his pation so very clear thet very lite Ean be added la his favour {o"salile him to ensure victory.
but fair that ne should be Com ended for his. good work and his Tielfuh "services recognized, deserves our confidence and' T hope [Shanghai will see him again asa {Councillor "of the local international come too late to save the interests of your countrymen here because, once apathy, due to neglect and high-/hatting, has got a good grip on your elections. There are, at last, signs of people, it will be a difficult matter to cause 'a shaking off of the winter's sleep. However, why pursue 'a Subject' in which neither you nor 1, outsiders, can have any definite' interest. Help yourself to another Jdrink and let us change the subject."
This conversation, Sir, took place some ten years ago and it came back, to memory by reason of the astonish ing amount of interest the British' community is showing, in your cor-Fespondence columns, in the coming! Jan awakening, but I am almost afraid [that it is too tate, unless, reading the signs of the times aright, to which they have, so far, given no attention whatever, the monopoly of the "inner circle" is' broken and the "man in the street" "has a chance to make his voice heard.
PK
Shanghai, Mar. 22.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.