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Heanthy" (195); Publi" Works med ist is a. glorious showing in ively, besides an innumer-fable array of unnamed Chinese individuals. of rear importance.
The pensioned men on a sterling, are legion When the "hi ones", who out down a few once 1 your from this great laf of employees, net, it would seem xy just grope inthe dark, and after catching their man in this fashion he is listed to go, and they then consider their duly and work is finished, and believe or imaytine they are doing wonderfully well in saving such small sums. of Municipal money" by their childish action of axing a few only, Such is the position of Shanghai Municipal Council matters and also the position of our Consular author-los "Who ack not a fraction of energy. 10 do something (much tess their actual duty) towards along, corrupt, agonizing and glaringly false situation" existing in Shanghai, wherein exploitation is. standardized as a perfect art, Shanghai, Apr. 5.
Mr, McDonald and Me, Shaw To the Editor of the "Nownt=Cuiva Dalny News"
Ssu-—With "regard to. the etter from' Mu. Cuanurs BR. Suaw, dated April 2 and headed "The Gentlemen's Agreement," which upbeared in your Journal of April 4, 1 not infrequently read his letters with interest, amuse ment and profit when he isnot ex:
1 believe to be his. upright character and usually reasonable outlook, 1 distressed the tone of his letter in question, T do not consider that the Japanese are more sensitive to criticism than the British, but I fully agree and would emphasize that the. International Settlement was. built up first and foremost by British courage, en+ terprise and effort and to a consider ably lesser extent by the like gualltics on the part of the much smaller American community, both in. cooperation with Chinese when they saw At to ce-operate, From the comparatively limited opportunities of observation which have had, and from such reading as T have done, 1 am satisfied that the Japanese have in normal times in their past dealings with foreigners given conerete ilusfrations of their Appreciation of what is fair and due fo any form of legitimately. vested interest. Sometimes it_may an "agreed basis after negotiation, at others, I understand, on a rough basis of compensation for a period up to B34 years or 50, 1 fee! confident that they are fully cognisant of all that the British have done in the past and will honourably iseharge the obligations which this implication entails, but just as the smaller British in Shanghai intensely Hesent any form of Prussian or other arrogance from any British or other caucus which has usurped or pure ported to usurp dictatorial power, so also, I imagine, do the Japanese en-terrain equal resentment at any dis~ play of similar truculence or ob-Struction or non ce-operation on the part of such a caucus.
With regard to the fifth paragraph of Ins. Suaw's letter it is no busi
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