The Hankow débicle has brought {into this community quite " host of useful persons, who are not. ace Jeustomed to being idle, who have no immediate prospect of returning to their work up river and who hava not the private means. to go elsewhere and retire, Business is not such that any great number of those employed in commercial work can find places, nor can room readily be made for' the wi fortunate cduentionalists, but there is one class of men for' whose services Shanghai {might at any time by very grateful and these are the trained men front the secretariat "and. the police the Hunkow Munteipal " Counelt The Shanghai Municipal Council is Ino doubt adequately" staffed arid thoroughly © eficent—in normal times; and in normal times the [Shanghai ratepayers might quite reasonably object to padding "the lists. But, while nothing that could be." honestly described emergency has arisen here and certainly is not desired by anyone, fashion Which" politienl Hankow is an object lesson in the
Jeatastrophes may descend upon a seemingly secure community. Should uch an' occasion arise here the residents would deem it very far sighted and wise of the Shanghai Municipal Council to have taken on sapermumerary experts inthe secretarial and police departments jas temporary reserves, rather than, [to have relied upon the services nf inexperienced volunteer wo1
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