Chas W. Rankin It would be ungenerous not to grant, Dr. Rankin the full savour of his success and the withdrawal of the appeal together with his letter are willingly made public.
It is possible to agree with him that probably the decision of the Registrar was law, as the law stands at present, but what Mr. Bumble said about the law is, in this particular instance, shown to be so remarkably true, Itis a' fact that in parts of the British Empire lotteries are held, that in' places like Hongkong, Singapore and India' things can be done with impunity which are' forbidden to British subjects in China. That, fof course, may be good law but it is not common sense. Hongkong can raise money for war funds by means of a gigantic, publicized raffle. In Shanghai it is apparent-Ty unlawful for British subjects to do so. this connection it may be pointed out that when the recent big war raffle was first Started Dr. Rankin, doubtless actuated by the highest of principles, thought it to interfere. That led. fo a Fecesting of the scheme. to bring {t within legal limitations, the recall others, raffle nevertheless was held, of tickets already sold, and the issuing of 3 proved highly successful, and Dr_ Ranlen's intervention was brought to naught. In January of this year Dr. Rankin appears have taken offence at the action of this journal in advocating the establishment of a municipal lottery, submitting extracts from. English law, which he believed supported his contention "that the '"North-China Daily: News" had committed an indictable offence in adopting such a course and that action could be taken against it in the British Court. Why he did not do so is not known to this journal, It may be remarked that if it was unlawful for the "North-China to advocate the establishment of Jotiery it was apparently lawful a tle tater for a member of the Legislative Council, in the Malay States to put forward a somewhat similar proposition.
The Loterie de Bienfaisance has been in operation for some years for the purpose of] supplying funds for the care of refugees. Its! advertisements and lists of winning tickets have been published regularly in the local]
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