The recurrence of incidents on the Outside Roads again raises uneasy feelings and adds to the disappoint. ment felt over the delay in, bringing' the long-drawn-out nexotintions Jon the subject ton satisfactory head, Happily there are grounds for be: Tieving once more that the fears of a complete deadlock may be dissipated if certain considerations. are Drought into effective account. Yet i int neceveary again to emphasise the danger of exposing the citizens of Shanghai to the perils of that indeterminate area which. is the subject of 80 much diplomatic sol Citude. The heads of" the Chinese pal administration are ited. with a lively sense "of ihe coat with which thee sy They also know that. the responsi: on this vexed problem are weighed.
bility for the delay in reaching a settlement cannot be thrown entire; on to any one party concerned, It Scents therefore to be veasonabie ugtext that their admirable desire preventyprecipitate actionealeuta to prejudice a settlement, should be, protected agains iikcoaiered zeal which, although displayed their name, does not carry' their explicit. approval. "Shanghai hag borne this" delicate controversial fiction with considerable calmness ind forbearance, "In that endeavour the Chinese. municipal. authorities have worthily ce-operated it ig to be hoped that their admitted anxiety for an agreed solution, which may of now be s0 remote as at one time was feared, "will be strong euch {0 maintain apprepraie res, train and avert embarrassing WARNING THE CHARITABLE, The result of the appeal for fands to "help "the unemployed. in [Shanghai has. happily sent minds fo work on devising entertainments to that end. Nothing can be more conimendable, provided always that the promoters Ieeep in view the portance of showing. an "adequate Teturn for te expenditure of immense amount of social and arris: tic energy. Those who are. asked contribute to. these entertain ments, whether in the form of personal" Ualents or hard cash, would well to assure themselves fully the competence of the organisers cary their schemes to. fruition, [Some curious proposals have been tentatively" finding sponsors and those sponsors have not been. at all the identity" of the Which they" have undersupport. in particular the selling of rafe tickets for: the employed funds requires we be met with xpceial scepticism and. a definite refusal to hand aver money fox et rove nies fwellcknown ty general repute, "Tt rity conce exceedingly
hardly necessary to add that such leforts as have behind. them the clear endorsement of one of the Tefcomnised. institutions can De freely embraced. Others should get ery cold. shoulder.
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