To the Editor of the "Nor-Cinna Dany News"
Si—The serious situation in connection with the railways in China fas explained in your leading article of December 22 should be remedied without further delay. Some definite faction should. be taken and that immediately if the investing public's interests are to be safeguarded. It must be remembered that these railways are virtually the property of the bondholders, and to them the Japanese have no legal right.
Circumstances being as they are, practical suggestions are needed ut the present time as to how to deal with the matter. Registering protests is useless.
To my mind the best possible course to follow is to come to some temporary working arrangement with the "Reformed" Government at Nan-King concerning the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, such agreement continue pending the final outcome Jot the so-called "China Ineldent'™ the Editor of the "Nowru-Cumsa Dany News"
Investor, Shanghai, Dec. 23.
Sm—While agreeing with Feo-vr_ that the noise and stench rate-payers have suffered while the low lying sections of Rue Maresca fas been filed in has been very trying, T do believe that this work will prove a boon to residents. Some frog croaking, mosquito breeding swamps has certainly been done away with.
Endorsing the other views of Fro ye may 1 vole a few additions thereto, Serious Question Involved [To the Baitor of the "Newel-Civa Dany 3
Railway ne" should' show the Sm—Your recent leader on "The
Japanese authorities that thet cone tinued occupation of the Shangh-Nanking Railway la serious matter, ud that their Unreasonable etude ust give rise to extreme dst:
The section of Rue Maresca west of Route Magy which was, until most of the empty spaces were taken up by lumber yards about a year ago, a peaceful street with no raffle problems is now at times practically inaccessible on account of the presence of dozens of lumber trucks, hand carts, barrows ete.
Conditions would not be so bad it the full width of the street was utilized, but being one of the streets where only half is asphalted, the other half being left as a badly "The Jepanese have repeatedly assured everyone that it fe tele Luton: tion fo'"espect the "thied. party Interest. If this, ta the one, "inch why do they not invite the "repre: Sentatives of the British interes to
seees to it to enable them to report Inspect thos, and give them free from time to time' on the condition the security of the third pari Tu. terest? sre making both military and come "According to Japanese reports
mercial use of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. They thus obtain a service from the investments of the third parties, but they have not yet made Benen ty BS, er,
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