To the Editor of the "NortwCura Dairy News."
Sir,—With very much interest have read and followed the out at Lincheng and how the voice of the public was raised against the Chinese Government. All honour to them, who did this splendid thing. But there is another matter, which has been before the public here and. there, only so far, sorry to say, to lie the dead of all good intentions. What I am_ referring to is the "treatment of those German cx-Customs officers. No doubt there has been tried to show the injustice of it, but has the majority felt pity and! seen, that really something was done? Many readers, shame to the Christians, will say by reading these lines, that serves them right, because they are Germans. No, my dear reader, that is not the point. Whatever nation it is, allied or enemy, they are just so good human beings as you or I. By depriving them of the means, to which they are entitled by humanity, we are doing indirectly a crime, just so bad, as those committed by the others, which devs not agree with the teaching we wish to impose on other mankind. Do you know and do you ever recognize, how many have died already of these German ex-Custom men, for want of help and that their dead lays on our door just so much as by the Chin-Put yourself in the place vf narly of them, how would you like it, to see your family in want not to be able to give your own blood the right God has given to all? Do you image, misery and bitterness you sowing instead) to give a ud to replace the hate by humanity? Is there no man or woman, who has some conscience and will take up the matter for them. Promises have been made
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