Feb, 23, Rarely have the foreign community been so much moved as by the dreadful death of the two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Jabbott. to whom the deepest sympathy goes out in their allliction, It is difficult even from the minute accounts which been published to un lexaetly how the accident oveurved and the less said on this point for the moment the better. Hut the public will not be satis: fied without the most searching, inquiry,—We do not sugges that the lorry in this particular stance was being driven too fast, but it is a matter of common observation that motor lorries in Shanghai are frequently. urged along at speeds far too for their bulk sines. Another needs investigation is of the footpath. We have to-day a letter from a correspondent complaining generally of the paths in the French Concession. So many new roads have been opened in that district recently, some are perhaps unavo ably in backward state, But on such roads as that where the cident occurred, it sun wht not to ha or the amah to got of the is the use of side walks if too dirty to walk weather they a on in wet By a coincidence, on the das the lent Home news pop ed with a report of a debate in the House of Lords on a measure introduced by Lord Cecil called the Road Vehiek Regul BIL, This measure meant to be strictly non-party in character, but seems to huve cited a good deal of contreversy in detail, The professed benevolence. clared that any legistat ble this and the ritually sent the In point of fact. some regulation as that that Lord Cecil desires is vers much sented. The number of motor accidents that occur Uivough the summer in
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