Gee Here hal odel ieee Seth eet their fonds, 'The other day" let streams of donkeys and Jed by soldiers towards Ther station: He said' "they mustn't fond the iikidle, "donkeys. ta, they mustn't. te" they' send, them iueolln will shoot Unem dead, Ang {they wilt ne fore, and T don P'ehougnt, how sug. get as much fat tiroat'when Tse ue'animaty going. of Sit-—With reference to the Central] British War Fund's statement in this morning's paper that Lord Beaverbrook recently announced that 10 per cent. of gifts for the purchase of aircraft will in future be set aside for the purpose of aiding civilian air raid victims, I did mot read the telegram published' in the "North-China Dally News" of March 9 in the that sense. I understood "benevolent funds or charities of services and the merchant marine" to mean that the 10 per cent. would go to benevolent funds of the various Services.
Tdo not think for one moment that the drop in the contributions to the Central British War Fund means that Shanghai {s any less willing to Subscribe. It simply means that the money is actually no longer in our pockets, With very. much increased Fents, the price of foodstuffs and clothing going up. and up, the appalling price of coal, the tre-on power and. Highting. the 40 per cent. increase in rates, Increased school fees, and the decreased purchasing power of the Jocal dollar, the majority of people fare hard put to it fo live.
T hesitate to think that there is any lack of appreciation of alt this fon the part of those responsible for ihe Central British War Fund, but tone, would think that it must be obvious to anyone why' it is that the contributions have fallen off. 1
The "wounded, "both Thave Been '20 bad from. groat-hi Sure that if a loiter' were sent to the' Lord Mayor explaining. what has happened in Shanghai, he would understand perfectly well' why thats with the best will In the world, itis "impossible. to. send home now what we were able to send before.
Hovseware Shanghai, Mar. 27, Would "send. over" a Hed Cross "con= iver so many of "our Enaihivomen "arg" working, i, the lots fo wah the, mone eae Mak a Bee Sid was has a are Meta S58 ce? Besa
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