"To the Editor of the "Norra Cuma Dar News."
Sm,—To my humble mind, the rent Question cannot be considered alto-
numerous correspondents do, and it is gether in the wey in which your little difficult to believe in the efiy of a Tenants Association.
The large real estate companies of This me to believe that a large have a common organization. international caste, strong and powerful locally, exists amongst them. The majority of the members of the legal Profession are interested in property Management and real estate, and are, consequently, concerned in maintaining a jurisprudence favourable to their own particular offices or firms On the other hand, it is evident that the Chinese Courts distinguish between contracts usual between and those usual This explain bet seems to explain the apparent illogical appearance of their jurisprudence. That our own Consular Courts believe in competence of the international caste of landlords, appears normal, because according to their social rank rs of this caste, or clique, are generally to be found in the immediate Vicinity of the Courts. Consequently. it is not difficult for these parties to invoke use and habit imposed by the caste whose interests they serve, and thereby influence in turn any Consular, tribunal, own landlord for Devinn, his own cannot, of course, reproach m; interests in exploiting me. as I know P: that the building wherein I live, move and have my being, is not under Hlanthropic management. Nor was t built with any such object It tenants have to put up with exploitation, the fault lies with their own national tribunal before which they are unable to defend themselves with any hope of success, have the courage to declare openly his is a point nobody appears The problem is not national bui locally international, Shanghai, Sept. 17.
PERMINGEAT.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.