Parking diiculties in Shanghai which constitute one of the major phases of the traffic problem will not be eased, motorists Will agree, by the repetition of an incident wit. essed on the Bund yesterday. A ight motor truck, converted into a Dig advertising sign which towered high above the other cars, was park= ed-on the Bund occupying space whic might have been utilized by other cars in active use. No chaulfour. was to be seen Inside the truck which parked there for the better part of the day. If the truck was just left there temporarily without any preconceived intention of catch-
The official survey of affairs inthe International Settlement in 1034 presents, in admirably concise form,
apparently was unexciting almost 0 reseed of munteipl year which the point of being-dull, Dullness however, happy quality in suet documents. Tt indicates that the administration has been able smoothly to function without more than the normal distractions. "Tt means—or should mean—that the community generally has been able to pursue its Usual occupation in peace and quiet. Perhaps, then, it is permissible to 'Graw special attention' to one event which deserves careful study in the light of possible developments future, "The year was notable for the {initiation of "a series of joint conferences between the three municipal authorities to discuss those problems of public transport, which effect Shanghai as a whole." The step here {taken obviously had a limited signifi nce in that the conferences related to transport. Yet it does not much imagination to perceive that thi [Principle of inter-municipal consultation has thus received a most valuable reinforcement which, if eventually extended to other departments of problem has inevitably revealed the fact that a broad policy of traffic reform cannot be successfully conceived and launched without cooper tion between the three municipal authorities, There are three Shangnals but they are essentially one in all but political significance. Thsensibly every department of the /Shanghai Municipal Council has to Join hands with its opposite number the French Concession" oF City [Government when faced with certain problems which ignore" munteipal boundaries. In the past a rough and ready—and often effective—system of consultation has prevailed, but it would not be ditteult to imagine the growing necessity of a more formal Necognition of the unity of triple Shanghai. 'The practical reasons for [direct cooperation in. trample contr' fre apparent to anyone who hi many ways It deserves supper, pre-Vided "always thatthe eszentia Fealities are not relegated. consisienthe background. The position of the German people ts cruelly em= Barrassing. because, by their' own Action, they have pat it out of their Power' to obtain an accurate impres-Sion of world opinion in their regard. Blinkered og they thus are, itis excesdingiy difteult for them to appre-late the fact that there is no sort of aggressive design entertained towards them by any nation and. that the acitc aims" of their leaders are Eonstantly being belied by bellicose Sand. obscurant obstinacy. Thus, just at. Gus moment, when the world's apprehensions are specially aroused, farther evidence of Nazi Intolerance and. bigotry. Ss unmie~ lakabiy revealed. It provides a sed commentary onthe mentality of 8 Government, which, on. its own 2c: count. in tones of injured rectitude, asking for a vote of confidence from the world at Range. people passing along the Ing the eyes of the thousands 0 harm is done, but if it means that parking spaces in future are to be Utilized "for advertising purposes merely by decking out a car truck with some striking structure and leaving it standing there all day motorists have every reason 10 protest. Even if possession of a motor ear licence entities a car to park anywhere in the Seitlement ir-Tespective of the private or business nature of its purpose, the Municipal Council might at least increase the public revenue by exacting an ad: vertising tax just as it does in regard to hoardings, acquitted of anything approaching personal cowardice or disaffection and the historical view now seems to be that the disadvantages, under which he was sent out on his pedition, deterred him from taki the risks which otherwise he might have faced.
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