The Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps is frank and yet cheerful. Ho admits that the scheme for the formation of reserve sections did not produce the recruiting results expected, but it had the advantage of proving the goodwill of firms "who Kenerally too ie great trouble to help. Although the scheme could not be ut Into operation. the Corps, from the information gained, was able to compile a list of men held to be in key positions by their various employers. The report reveals that the Council has tapped practically all the available sources of supply, 30 it must bbe assumed that recent appeals have not. been entirely unproductive, especially. as" the Corps. maintained Ins average strength despite the depression, Colonel Graham is, however, by the drivers of other vehicles are the chief factors in the fire engine's successful speeding through—the harrow streets with their amazing variety of obstacle. The report also gives Shanghai a good character in another regard. Last year was a year of severe economic depression; yet the number of fires "of a suspi-Glens nature" was less than. the average recorded in previous years. To temptation succumbed a plecegoods hong whose owner and sccountant duly pald the penalty of discovery. Those who have had perience of some of the consequences depression in other large cities will Feadlly recognize the significance of this disclosure. It shows that honesty Is a by no means neglected virtue in Shanghai, even in adverse clrccumstanc
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