Indemnification Unasked For To the Editor of the "NoktH-CHRIA Dalny News"
Sm;—With reference to thè questions' raised in Parliament on the subject, as reported in to-day's issue of the "North-China Daily News," may I remark that amongst the evacuees from Shanghai who paid for their expenses chiting the period of the evacuation I have not heard of any who have voiced any desire to be indemnified by the Government for the considerable outlay, which was the least of their inconveniences, undertaken for the good of the community in general—an outlay which, in most cases, could ill be afforded and which has resulted in very straitened circumstances for the many who had the spirit to shoulder the responsibility of incurring not only financial difficulty but of exposing their families to the risk and discomfort that any evacuation en masse entails. Of those who did not obey the call there were doubtless many who could not really afford the expense which they knew was most tihlikely ever to be met from official sotutces, of who had a better insight not only into the discomforts ahead of the evacuees but also into the reaction of the dwellers in a certain colony towards tiresome refugees who might interfere with their pleasures and comfort, If ever another evacuation becomes necessary may there be more, both here and there, of the "true blood!"
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