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to  protect  them  from  the  local  Chinese  authorities,  which  will
be  a  new  departure  in  the  tangled  history  of  the  Mixed  Court  of
Shanghai.
I  am,  Sir,  your  obedient  servant,
W.  Arthur  Cornaby.
Christian  Literature  Society  for  China,  Shanghai,
September  29.