Shanghai has a quaint habit of following Cicely Courtneidge in looking on the bright side. It will carry many a Shanghailander through difficulties under which other people would collapse, The Japanese will find that the Settlement is not unreasonable. Thanks to the good civic traditions which have been established by Japanese residents of the old school, there is no deep-rooted antagonism to them although the arrogance of the renins has unhappily dimmed that record, The Council has shown receptiveness of practical plans for giving the Japanese ther fair share in the Settlement's Government. It has to stop short of arbitrary appointments which might paralyze a system resting more vitally than ever on Sino-British ce-operation under American leadership.
So, when people in England think of the present plight of Shanghai, let them not be over-anxious about Japanese penetration—that must be making itself sorely felt in all conscience—but let them salute the fortitude and doggedness of their compatriots who, with Americans, Germans, Italians, Russians and other nationalities, are carrying on and making the best of a bad job, Even now the longest bar in the world is still "doing its stuff" and ihe Shanghailander lightens his dark moods by ecstatic delight at the dolefulness of some of London's pictures of his plight, Meanwhile he or she recognizes the realities of distress among foreigners and Chinese, and quietly, without fuss or nonsense proceeds to the task of bringing such relief as can be brought either from the now dismally strained local resources or from discerning and practical sympathy overseas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.