To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cuina Dairy News."
Sin,—The attempt to prejudice English readers against Mr, Shaw on account of his Irish nationality, to which you refer in to-day's issue, is singularly ill-placed. Mr. Shaw is descended from an officer who went to Ireland from Scotland with William of Orange, and his family—and he himself—have always been staunch adherents of the British connexion.
If Japanese officials treat their Allies in the manner in which they have treated Mr. Shaw, one wonders how they would deal with those who are not their Allies. The question is, of course, answered by reference to the case of the American soldier at Tientsin, whose brutal ill-treatment, with the attempt to conceal it, will now recur to the memories of your readers.
I am, ete., 'A. Reaper. Shanghai, Aug. 12.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.