A Reader Sums it Up To the Editor of the "NortH-Cutwa Dalny News"
Sm,—In the face of proposed retaliation against the disgraceful state of affairs in Tientsin, our British friends are threatened with withdrawal of the "protection"? at present afforded by Japanese forces. One wonders just what that means, at present the British mills, ete, in occupied areas are being stopped from functioning by sponsored agitation, a British subject was recently murdered by uniformed hooligans. Even in the Settlement the public residing north of the creek are being deprived of cheap and efficient transportation on the obvious grounds that the pirate company now running busses would soon be out of business. The bridges are still encumbered with sentry boxes, etc, the barricades which recently were the cause of two deaths, The reconstruction of the Eastern district is still being held up, with a consequent loss of revenue to the S.M.C, a larger portion of which revenues are being demanded by the ratepaying and non-ratepaying Japanese residents.
In fact, the Japanese are holding on to a large portion of the cake, and are still demanding the plums from the remaining part.
In the words of a very popular radio announcer, "We require protection from our protectors."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.