The Need for Charity A Reader's Confirmation To the Editor of the "Nonru-Ciixa Datcy News"
Ite the Editor of the "Nonti-Ciika Datty News"
Sin—With the approach of 1039, 1 would like to urge upon your readers 2 paramount Tesolution, Charity.
Faith moves mountains and hope springs eternal in the human. breast But, alas, Charity has not inspired poet.
The deserving case of the rickshaw-men has been forgotten with the dis= continuance of your popular Christ-
hal on 7 mas tund, besiars abound in "our midst, poverty is rampant in Shang
Let us rid ourselves of the usual callousness, for, whosoever give unto the poor gives unto the Lord.
Shanghai, Dee. 16. the Editor of the fonrl-Cutxa Dany News"
Sim—With reference to your leaderette "Shanghai Slandered" and the sentiments expressed therein which Tam sure will be confirmed in the minds of all your readers whose brains have not turned into "maggots bred in putrid wounds," it leads one to wonder, in view of the fact that Japanese censors in the Post Office destroyed all the September overseas copies of the "China Journal" because of the publication of a photograph showing Japanese prisoners captured by the Chinese Arm; whether these same censors will con fiseate all over-seas copies (if any), of the first issue of "Shanghai."
'You will observe from my card that' Tam not in any way connected with the "China Journal," also why it is necessary for me to write anonymously, although it is not my usual habit, but having seen this issue of "Shang! hai," I shall be very pleased to supply to censors, should they decide to destroy all-the copies in their possession, with sufficient quantity of pure carbolic acid free of charge.
Sm—Remembering that we are sv often taken at our own valuation I
Revouteo, Shanghai, Dec. 17,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.