To the Editor of the "Norr-Cuiwa Dany News"
Siz—There seems to be an inereasly large number of rogues end bots among the European pop-ion in Shanghai. lately. Chinese ladies have frequently been molested, Within "to weeks have: witnessed [sulted Chinese ladies! meee ce cases in which Europeans me
'At 8 pam. yesterday, (August 29). 1 Was, walking with two. ladies Bubbling' Well Road westward' between 'Mohawk and Chengtu Roads. Suddenly, a fairly well dressed man, with light hair' and fate complexion find' of about 5 fect and 6 inches in height, came from behind, and with-lout the least provocation, spanked the two ladles, pushed them aside, land rushed away. The ladies tried to hit him. with their' fans but missed. Before 1 realized what, had happened, the brute. wes' far ahead. JAs the ladies declined to tell me! clearly at the moment what the man id, Y did not deem it wise to. give him trouble. Then T decided to Zot: low him. With quick swinging arms, the man continued his Journey west: ward and When be. was in front of the former Embassy "Theatre, saw him, sparke another Chinese lady black "clothes, who merely looked at him surprised. "He "passed several European ladies and he did' "not molest ther, which showed that he was not drunk. At last, 1 saw him enter' the building on." the south eastern corner of Bubbling and' Sed ing|burst Roads from a side door, i.e. Jon Medhurst Road, and ascend to the 2nd. or 3rd floor (above a provision Shanghai, such misbehaviour on the international city ike]
art vot ose' who call themselves Faviizea™ is) hardly' conducive 0d relationship, to say the least They Tay lead' to revenge "and Shanghai, Aug. 20.
est Seema unfortunate that an imrye For wae of made Wellhead Fotce Stain, "ime Pots or personal cal to the Boos
require public ce-operation ty a {em fo deal with miscreants, of Another Unprovoked Assault To the Editor of the "Nontt-Cuuna Darcy News"
Sim—The letter from Cosmos YONT issue of today impels me (0 Yeport another unprovoked assault—this time upon rickshaw coolles—of which my wife, a British friend, and were eye-witnesses on Sattirday night. We had left the Nanking Theatre just after 11 pam. and were proceeding westwards on the sidewalk. Tu front of us were two for-Jeigners, one tall, the other short, well Jdressed in white. Twenty yards from the Theatre there is a side road. Along this were wailing a number of rickshaw coolies in an orderly line. Suddenly the short foreigner dashed towards one of these and knocked both rickshaw and coolie over,—Before my party had time to recover from the sight the same man had charged another rickshaw and also Enocked it and the coolie over" Tore tena absoluisly no ind, neither was haw hindrance to this forsigner's free progress. 1" decided the time had come for British intervention and Temonstrated forcefully withthe Silane his companion standing by without "speaking. "He was. per. Teclly "sober: AY Russian" polieeman' come up andthe fads were Reported to im, tu. Russian, by" Brith friend. "He was Fendy to a Fest the man concerned provided we fvoutd accompany. them to the French Police Station Bat for: my intervention a serious fracas might well have occurred. and ar one who in the course of long Sareer in this country hes witnessed the replay with which "a" Chinese crowd will gather and adopt Se own ensures, Tconsider it fortunate for his man and his companion, that took exception to"his misconduct and perbape protccled" them oth from The elect of swift and concerted re-
{alation by "the. twenty or more Flekshawe coolie in the vllnity. lal- Shanghai, Sept. 2.
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