"Qotally Impenetrable"
To the Editor of the jorru-Cutna Dany News"
Sin—tt was a pleasure to read the article in November 7 "North China Daily News" entitled Steel "Totally Impenetrable" and to note the publicity given to the progress made by a British safe maker in his efforts to keep out the burglar. The article is extremely well written with excusable publicity louse for general consumption.
As a technical man with a life time, Jand varied experience, of banking engineering, 1 know the great danger of the sclentife burglar armed with modern tools, and cannot emphasize too strongly how Important the blowpipe is, and how dangerous it can be the hands of the burglar The reputable British safe maker always pitting his knowledge of metallurgy and chemicals to outwit the burglar, He has to think decad in advance, to imagine what instruments of destruction the burglar will handle in years to come. Good safes and must too soon. a contrast between. the British maker and other' maker The British brains and skill are devoted to security first and appearance afier, and as a fortress is not intended to be a thing of beauty but of strength, so Is the British Safe Vault Door constructed principally to with=
There Is a Chinese legend regarding the defending troops. of a certain city. The magistrate of this elly was extremely proud of his soldiers and spent the taxes collected for the defence of the elly providing his soldiers with gorgeous uniforms and bright armour and weapons, He troops through the city. One da, coportunty of parading the "bandits came down from the hills and fiercely attacked the city, defending soldiers while being very good to look at were not trained to ight and the city fell and was plundered, Had the magistrate pald more attention and money to the training of his soldiers as defenders and less in "look see", the bandits would never have succeeded.
It would, no doubt, Interest your readers to know that on their doorstep at the Commercial Bank China in Foochow Road, Shanghai, there is an achievement by another British safe maker upon which praise may be deservedly showere:
There has just been erected an enormous round door to protect the wealth placed for safe keeping in the sale deposit of the Bank, this door is made by the most " skilful British engineers, and dts brightly polished bolt work and. intricate mechanism is breath-taking, yet will perform its duty against any known forces of destruction. Its 16 tons of indestructibility can be moved by, child, 0 delicately "balanced Tue Burctan''s Deseatn, Shanghai, Nov. 11,
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