To the Baltor of the "Nommi-Cinwa Dany News"
Sm—T have read the corres pondence in your paper under the caption "Water for Refugees! Why not a Collection." Besides 1 fully agree with the method suggested T shall like to propose another one, every theatregoer has to pay five to|¥ ten per cent more now than pre= Incident days for refugee tax. Skating is now very popular in Shanghai, It may seem Gt for SMC. to impose ten per cent refugee tax on skaters and the amount thus collected be set aside to purchase water for refugees. Tone Mixe-citux.
Shanghai, May 24, An Office Staff's Donation To the Baltor of the "Nonra-Cumma Darcy News"
Si—In response to the appeal, of Cup or Coue Waren" and following the example of other contributors we are enclosing herewith $16 collected in amounts of 20 cents to $1 from members of our staff as a contribu tion the Water Fund for refugees.
This is indeed a worthy cause and covery member of the staff was glad to do his bit.
Orrice: Srare Shanghai, May 25.
Sm—May I remind Nor Bumsn of the expressions "the general public,"
wide public" and "a imited pu-bie" and that a public measure does not always apply to nationals otter than those of the nation concerned. May we not therefore apply the term "public school" in the came sense? Reference to Whitaker's Almanack will show that for entrance to a few public schools, at least, British nationality is essential.
Layo or Here Axo Grony.
Shanghai, May 25, Oddities of Exchange:
Resident's Venture in Yen the Editor of the "Nonmu-Cinxa Dary News"
Sm—It seems to me your newspaper would be doing a public service by publishing this letter as a warning to all travellers not to bring Manchoukuo yuan nor Chosen yen back to Shanghai after a trip north.
For instance, in Dairen I exchanged US. $100 into those currencies at $358,, when the Shanghai dollar was at $432, 1 was assured that the Manchoukuo yuan was "worth the same as the yen "Arrived back at Shanghai, Tattempted to buy a ticket to Japan, offering first Manchoukuo dollars, and then' Chesen yen. The Japanese steamship company insisted upon "Japanese though if Chosen is not part of the Empire, then what is?
At the Yokohama Specie Bank they offered me $96 in Shanghai money for $100 in Manchoukuo currency. It was the best I could do. so I took it. Then, T added $4 to the pile, and said T-wanted to buy Japanese yen. They would not sell me Japanese yen, except in the form of a draft Japan—and for $100 Shanghai money they would give me only yen $78.25.
"What had become of the parity of the Manchoukuo yuan and fie Sapanese yen, I ask you?
'SUIT having Bank of Chosen yen. I went to the Bank of Chosen here, and asked to exchange them for Japanese yen. The reply was a grinning and Gerisive refusal. Nor would they give me Shanghai dollars for their own issue of curreney—but they said they would give me a draft on Japan.
Tt seems to me that an appropriate signature to this letter would be—
Shanghai, May 26.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.