To the Editor of the "Nonru-Ciiwa Datty News" papers this morning appeared reports Sinn your and other local news. upon the number of dead bodies picked up on the streets of the Inter~ ational Settlement and the French Concession on Tuesday and Wednes-dey, February 11 and 12, respectively, following the fall of sleet and snow on the former of these two dates and the resulting Intense cold, These reports, while they reves! a suzzly state of affairs, are somewhat misleading In that they rather suggest that the deaths of the individuals iched up are all due to the severe weather conditions, This is not case, as indicated by the great preponderance of children's bodies picked over those of adults. In the Settle. mont on Tuesday, the umber of children's bodies picked up was 85, of adulto 24, and on Wednesay the numbers were 84 children's bodies to 11 Bodies of adults. lon in the numbers of those that ha-Ditually Une the sunny side of the street Just mentioned every morning. It is an appalling sight, and one that a disgrace to such a wealthy city Shanghai, Full credit Is due to the two Chinese organizations which gather up the dead bodies for burial, but surely the living are more important than the dead'? Somehow shelter and. food [should be found for all those beggars that now frequent Avenue Eward Vit, as well, of course, ad there. in all parts of the city. "No doubt many beggars are receiving succour, but not enough. There should be none on the not _be-streets bby the police, Dut because provision ig made for them. T have an uncomfortable feeling that the class of beggars referred to above are largely outside the scope of local charitable organizations and relief work.
Axmuun po C, Sown Shanghai, Feb, 14. asserted that "the Counelt ben advised ye avers that ts taxing powers are limited to the collection of wharfage ae Simple remedy: sil to, tha ested above, and without delay 2—and without the expense of this spe cial committee? If, as stated, the Counelt is anxious to "devise thing which will remove grievances and put things on a fairer basis," then why not adopt any system similar to the above The Commissioner General set a precedent, as reported In your Issue of January 10, of replying to criticism of one of your" correspondents, Rareraven, and I fool sure that other ratepayers will be Interested to learn the. Counell's response to the "above queries,
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