To the Editor of the "Normu Cuma Dany News"
Sm—I much appreciate the views you expressed in your editorials of November 12 and November 15.
While there can be no denying that realities must be faced as realities, it would ill become one to aggravate the already too great mental distress of. the three million citizens here, who, there is every reason to believe, have played a very important part in bringing this city to what it is today, which contribution alone sufficiently warrants such consideration and sympathy as your articles suggested are expected of every Shanghailander, irrespective of nationality, The reticence shown by the Chinese these da; is ample indication that the occupation itself of the Shanghai area by a foreign military force has had a saddening effect that seems to brook no aggravation. We Chinese are known as a people who can best adapt themselves to circum stances, and we hope that that fine quality will soon merit recognition. The time to talk about rights and wrongs being still far away. it is a matter of course that we Chinese shall manifest the great: restraint, expected of us by our well-wishers As to the triple polity of Shanghai, Ihave nothing particular to say about it. It is time that we realized our obligation towards our fellow workers. But we believe, firmly believe. that sooner or later there will come a day when this most curious phase of affairs will be gone, once and for ever "Declaration or no declaration. there does exist a war," seems to be an opinion shared by all. But there has been no war in the genuine as well as legal sense of the word: be hind the wanton destruction of lives and properties is operative what I is would call, for want of better term, a struggle of man-power versus mechanical power. This constitutes a unique problem for our friends to ponder over and is worth solving not only in the interest of their Chinese friends but also of civilization of mankind.
Now that the Brussels meeting is tackling a very delicate problem, it:
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