"NomrH-CHINA Dairy News"
Sri,—Yesterday afternoon, at about 415 p.m. the Japanese sentries on Garden Bridge and Szechuen Road Bridge were evidently under instructions to search all ears, with the result that it took me just 15 minutes to proceed from a point one block' e Post Office on Szechuen Road, to the south side of the Szechuen Road Bridge. "what the Japanese Military expect to accomplish by this, sort of thing except the irritation of the entire Shanghai community, because they certainly cannot be foolish enough to think hat they are going to find much when they are searchihg cars in this manner. If anybody has contraband in his car, he certainly is not going to be so stupid as to try to pass over the Bridge when he can see quite well, while he is three four blocks away, that searching is in progress, Naturally in such a case he will turn off and take his contraband back to where it came from. I was driving south on Broadway and could see quite easily several blocks ahead that searching was in progress, so I switched off to Szechuen Road thinking that I might find it easier there. However, searching was going on at that point as well.
Searching of cars is undoubtedly necessary, but I think it would occur to the Japanese military authorities that they would stand more chance of finding what they are looking for j if they would search, say, every fifth car, allowing the rest of the traffic to proceed. By so doing they would not cause the terrific traffic congestion such as we witnessed yesterday, and those trying to get contraband across the Bridge would never be certain as to when their cars were going to be stopped.
Driver. Shanghai, Dec. 31.
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