With the coming of better weather the numerous restrictions on movements of Shanghai residents inside and outside the city are becoming increasingly irksome. The regula-ions regarding health measures, such as cholera inoculation, "cannot be quarrelled with, but others, which prevent visits to the countryside and limit excursions on the river, seem, to say the least, to be unnecessary, At present the large population which finds itself at a loose end over the Saturday and Sunday holidays has few places to go. Jessfeld Park is now so popular that it is crowded almost to suffocation on a fine Sunday afternoon, and the same applies to the French Park. Before the end of the week the Recreation Ground at the rade course should be blossoming into summer activities, and there should be a little relief for the congestion. But local residents are asking themselves why there should be any congestion at all. The Japanese have been in Occupation of Shanghai and its environs since November 1937, and the plea of military necessity for keeping districts closed to the free inspection of the ordinary Shanghiilander has worn a little thin. Such a plea is taken to be an acknowledgment that the Japanese control of the neighbourhood is not as complete as they would have the public believe, or otherwise their police work is not what it should be. This may not be just. But it is the easiest explanation of the restrictions and has gained a very circulation, wide
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