To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cumxa Dany News"
Sim—In the face of proposed retaliation against the disgraceful Slate of affairs in Tientsin, our British friends are threatened, with withdrawal of the "protection"? at present afforded by Japanese forces. Sne wonders Just what that means, at present the British mills, etc occupied areas are being stopped fr functioning by sponsored agitation, 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 fare. still encumbered with sentry Boxes, ete, the barricades which recently were the cause of two deaths. The reconstruction "of the Eastern district is still being held up, with @ consequent loss of revenue to the SM.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."
[Shanghai, June 20,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.