The very interesting letter on the subject of Kuling which eppsars in today's correspondence columns, will be read with merest by all those who have spent happy holidays in that delightful spot, but there are facts which the writer does not appear to have taken into consideration. The Chinese forces in Lushan are and have been surrounded by Japanes: forces for a long time past, and they are reported to be without any avenue for retreat There is the danger, and the Japanese authori. ties appear to realize that as their forces fusal of these men to fight in any other area close in upon tha Chinese troops they will be than their own has been a problem which the|driven back on Kuling itself, and that if the Republican Government has found impossible Chinese- fight to the last, the danger to foreign lives and property will undoubtedly be great How far the Chinese are taking advantage ai the fact of proximity to the foreign settlement s by no means clear but that they are doing so is well within the range of probability. In he circumstances the Japanese request for "vacuation does not seem unreasonable. It as much dictated by a sense of humanity as it by a desire to avoid embroilment with the governments of tha nationals concerned. If Tne young married couple were indulging in one of their depressingly frequent tiffs "I wasn't anxious to marry you," said the wife, "I refused seven ti "Yes," replied the husband duly, "and then my luck gave out,"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.