Charges About Shanghai Justice Refuted: Book by Late M. William Martin Called a Travesty Extravagant charges made against the Shanghai foreign community by the late M. William Martin in his book "Understand the Chinese" have been effectively refuted by Mr. H. Arnhold, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, in a letter written to the "Morning Post" shortly before Mr. Arnhold left London about he middle of last_month, The sending of the letter was noted In. press despatches from London a few days ago and Mr. Arnhold, who returned to Shanghai on Thursday, has permitted the "North-China Daily News" to republish its contents in full, The letter follows:—
Happening to be in England for a few weeks, I have read a book called Understand the Chinese" by the late M, William Martin, the former dis tinguished Foreign Editor of the "Journal de Géneve," The book is well written and interesting, but It contains such serious misrepresentations of the attitude of the Shanghai community, and is such a travesty of the whole situation in Shanghai, that trust, Sir, you will allow me space to reply to some of its inaccuracies, which may otherwise do serious harm to people who ill deserve it, and to he general welfare of Shanghai, Referring to the foreign residents of Shanghai M, Martin says:
The die-hards can see no further than twenty-four hours ahead and no further than their noses. What the foreigners inching ought to be doing Is to profit int moderation of the Chinese by transitional measures, for corrected and Chinese aspirations satisfied: further, that Mr. Justice Feetham, after spending over 2 year in Shanghai, issued a masterly report, which breathes sympathy with the Chinese feeling in almost every page. And yet he had to point out that the surrender of our privileges must be a gradual process, if it were not to be accompanied by disaster, less to Chinese than to foreign interests.
'M, Martin says thal; 'The Consular Courts are tar from! bel beyond reproach. 'The foreigners know that, even It they are caught out, they' will be able to. explain it all 10 their Consul; "and that gives them 'a rong sense of security—against the Ihave mo idea what is his authority for this accusation; bur it worth mentioning—though—M. Martin does not mention it—that there Is a British Supreme Court in Shacgnai, an American Court and a French Court, "all of which are presided cover by properly qualified judges. The record of these. Courts sumMeient answer to this gross slander on foreign justice in Shang-
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