To the Editor of the "Nomru-Cumwa Dany News"
Sin~-We know that every new thing' is lable to ridicule, especially since in. promoting 1 we must come" out in the open, while our opponents may fire at us from behind all manner of pseudonyms, but our friend Snaete Simon was' courteous in his criticism, and for that we are grate ful.
However, we must call to his attention the fact that he did not read our previous letter carefully enough, T do not think he intentionally mis quoted us. If he will eter to the letter again, he will note that it was not the Shantung Guild that arranged safe conduct home for the girls misled by fake letters. The Guild knew of Mrs. Herman Liu and sent the girl to her Settlement House, In the case of the Shins! girl, the police saved her from suicide but not from the underworld. They turned her over to the Settlemgnt House, which was the means of her salvation, Likewise with the girl who ran away from Hangchow, The police did not rescue het, they turned her over to Mrs. Liu, ation of beggars and the practical raining of their children. A beggar Settlement House s hardly a place to send all travellers in. distress Mrs. Liu is working towards the goal of completely eliminating the beggar clement from the streets of Shar T submit to Suapit SiMox that such a task 4s enough for one food woman and the institution she has organized, I am duly thankful that when Mrs. Liu first' proposed undertake this. work and asked us li for contributions, as she still does once a year in the' churches, that Suaece "Siston' didn't hinder the good work by saying: "We have had beggars in Shanghai from A. D. 1641 to 1938, and we are in no financial Condition' to pander to such a whims as to do anything about either them or their children, May 1 suggest to Mz, Stwon that this 1s the hue and ery raised against every reform, every progressive step, every con: structive enterprise, no matier when or where undertaken, It marks the distinction between having a. vision of*better conditions and wanting always to maintain the "status quo, Also Mr. Snuon refers to the exgeutive as if her salary were to be $5000 per annum, we tried to At very clear that she will live on a gle missionary's salary, and that the balance is a very limited appropriation for one office, say in the new Waiting Room on the Customs Jetty and for desks in the railway Stations. We do expect this work t0 ake another $5,000 and more the next year, and the year after, and the year after that, We expect it to expand, but not faster than this eommunity' appreciates its work and willing' to support it. Stuur Srwow does not keep this phase of the und taking "simple" enough, Wo aske him not for $16,000 which might well be Impossible, but for $5.00 or $10.00 which may be easier than keeping up this correspondence in hot weather, course, one person cannot be in several places at once. Mr, Simon should have noted that we expect the Chinese organizations to support a full-time Chinese assistant. But we cannot afford to send a Chinese woman to the USA. to study a Travellers Aid work, Moreover, this 4s not a Chinese problem alone, but fan international one. The woman we have in mind, who has agreed come if we can raise the funds, and whose name will be announced us Soon as we have sent for her, 18 not ignorant of China and its customs as well. "Moreover, we have had the offer of volunteer service from young women who speak Russian, French, German "and a number of other Janguages, "Much of the work will be done here, as in America, by volunteer workers who can give two halt days, three evenings, etc, regularly, and who are trained by the execu: te Now, to be really "practical," Iam sure you, Sir, will agree that the US, Consular authorities are not going undertake this work, nor the Amerlcan Community chest. It Is certainly hot the problem of one nationality lone. The Community Church Council. on Social Issues is behind it through this their sub-committee (but it is a moral rather than financial support). The ¥.W.C.A, is co-operate ing with us, now remains for everyone infered todo. is as many ave already done sending their contribution, since" Sun-Say. We have had a $50 gift and. $5 gift with others in between. We stil believe that in this city of 3% million there are from 500 to 1,000
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