Things To Come, the entire business. the end the of its 'Subsequent events and the Council's rejection of the scheme on legal fand other grounds, after its lawyers had pondered the matter and given it' due deliberation and not cursorily as you suggested, showed that I was right. The Municipal Advocate, T believe, vouchsafed the opinion that the conduct of the lottery was a criminal offence under Chinese law, 'Messrs, Hansons, the lawyers of the Couneit advised' that it was against British Jaws and the American District "Attorney also. stated It was against American laws. Tt was point. fed out by them that the Councillors falling within the jurisdiction of courts enforcing these laws, might {ind themselves. subject to prosecu-lon. In the face of all these, you stated in a later editorial that the Scheme should be adopted and that the Council had not given due deliberation to the matter. Surely you do not suggest that all the legal luminaries T have mentioned do not Know what they are talking about.
I I may be Kindly permuted to say so the foregoing demonstrates that in the instances mentioned (in, the lease of the Lottery Scheme and' the Municipal Advocate's salary), the lite of the local Press have' been found so lacking in good judgment and propriety as to make the public ook askance at the wisdom of the Olympian oracle known as the Fourth Estate here.
Shanghai, June 3.
After Mr. Silva's exposition, of 3 ciate the conclusions "he Bases upon vunott elementary" knowledge of local probably Satiaty "hin ie very "few Economy, Ability Emoluments To the Editor of the "NosrH. CwiNa Day News"
Swi. There is such a thing as an, Economy Committee.
The Council does not appear to bother about the committee: but had the Council not, at the last annual meeting of ratepayers, approved of the constitution of this committee. It is exceedingly probable the budget Would never have been passed.
The colossal salaries now being pald to certain members of the Council start are an insult to the committee and to the rolepayers—unless of course the committee approves, Which seems. incredible.
'4. Practically all, &f not all, of the! Brilish members of the Council re-resent "multimillionaire concerns: '$11,000 a month to them is presum- the ably chicken food, but it's an awful Jot of money to the average man.
suggest the British members of the Council either resign, or call an emergency meeting of ratepayers: in my opinion such a meeting should have been called before committing. the community, penditure of four million dollars a year.
Shanghai, June 3.
Further in Defence To the Editor of the "Norri-Cuixa Dany News"
Si,—Anent the polemics revolving around the question of the salary of the Municipal Advocate, as a foreign lawyer I'am in full accord with the remarks of your correspondent, Min. HM Suva, Upon reading the various letters which have appeared your columns on this subject, it struck me that Lex and another welter were actuated by personal motives rather than a sincere desire offer any constructive criticism of the Council's action in retaining the services of Mr. Bryan at the salary of U.S$7.500 annually.
In Your editorial of last Saturday you stated at the outset that there was no question of Mr. Bryan's! qualifications. By doing so you took the line of least resistance und derived your victim and anyone who might champion his cause of their best "defence." If anyone were ike a legalistic attitude to thie procedure they must come to the conclusion that you were not acting fairly. I is a matter of plain com mon sense that' the qualifications of the Municipal Advocate have very with the remuneration he receives, T agree with Me. Suva that there should be a difference in the scale of salaries between the ordinary worker /and for the few who render specially. fed services. Tt would be absurd not to discriminate between the salaries of the head of the Municipal parks and the head of, say, the auditing department. fender of the rights of the ratepayers of the Settlement, their sacred adviser and fiduciary of many trusts. This high office has been held by Mr. Bryan for many years. During this period he has rendered the most Invaluable service to the Couneit and the community.
The question is not whether the Council can afford to pay a lawyer salary mentioned, "but whether remuneration is consonant with the work, The sum of C§11,000 a month at the present exchange is not such a princely income for a well-established foreign lawyer today. AS member of the local bar Tam in position to tell you that "many established egal practitioners here earn more than that figure in salary and profits, A Portion Lawyer, Shanghai, June 5.
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