IN PARENTHESIS understands that a Note registering the strongest possible protest against the weather which Siccawei has been supplying during the past week or so is being prepared. It may not be possible to beat Siccawei to its knees, but it may be necessary io remind it that wi a war on it is necessary that the fighters should be kept as cool as possible, Besides the convenience of subscribers to ringside seats has also be borne in mind, Uneasy Hongkong, The "South China Morning Post's" humourist:— course, but Nothing amusing about it, of the Shanghai migration. wi one wonders what effect upon Hongkong's economics, opinions, morals, and smugness. Future generations of taipans may have a Jot. of work to blame this war for.
We of course are not worrying about the morals of our evactiees, but we do-hope they will be able to keep themselves clean.
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