To the Ealtor of the "Nonrit-Ciixa Darky News"
Si—To those citizens who may bbe unfortunate enough to be resident in an enlarged Japanese "defence" sector, an Eastern District resident might' be permitted a few obsorvations.
Barricades and sentry boxes will probably be placed at the most inconvenient points, this is military necessity; the existing tram and bus services might be stopped in favour of the comic-opera service now functioning in the. eastern areas. Again, "military: necessity." Japanese owned rickshaws are liable to replace the present S.M.C. licenced vehicles. This is also "military necessity."
To those ratepayers who have missed the term military necessity in the dictionary, T append the modern interpretation.
Military Necessity.
excuse 1a Suspend airy form of Buse hess, pubuevof private, which" wil In vay effect Japanese commercial When will someone protect us from cour "defenders."
Shanghai, Aug. 14.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.