THE ETHICS OF SHIPWRECK,
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—As a. contribution towards the history and limits of the nautical rule in shipwrecks, " Women and children first," an American lady has sent me the 'subjoined paragraph from the New York Herald of April 18th.—I am, Sir, &c.,
COURTNEY KENNY.
CHINESE SAVE MEN FIRST.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Wednesday.—Had the 'Titanic' been a Chinese vessel, manned by Chinese sailors, not a woman or child would have been saved, according to Henry Moy Fot, special agent for the Chinese Merchants' Association of America, who was in Cleveland to-day. "It is the duty of Chinese sailors when a Chinese vessel goes down to save mon first, children next, and women last," said the agent. " This is on the theory that mon are most valuable to the State, that adoptive parents can be found for children, and that women without husbands are destitute."
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