The correspondent's reference in this journal to the necessity for holidays will {ind general approval in Shanghai where people have been cooped up for nearly two years with ttle possibility of getting outside, Nobody witl deny the neod for recharging the human system by" rest, sunshine and quiet In surroundings diferent from the grim grey Buildings which have become virtual prisons owing to political circumstances, The dimiculty Iles in the very festrleted list of Wollday resorts ay and the fact that every day the list Is even more curtailed, Anti-British demonstrations at Tsing~ {ao have induced the authorities very wisely to warn Intending holiday-makers. of the inadvisability of visiting the Shantung port for the Ume being, and this deprives Shanghai of its closest and most popular resort. At the few resorts still open and unsubjected relatively to political obstructions conditions are not so free and liberal ax formerly, leaving Japan as the only attraction. On this question readers have ready aired their views. The announcement by the Japanese that a larger area adjacent to the Shanghai foreign areas has been open to third-party nationals does provide a local out~ Jet for a spin in a car, but the hostilities have certainly wrecked the tourist possibilities and rogrottully so because most of Shanghai's usual haunts appear to have only a remote connection quoted by the Japanese Festrietions Imposed, However strong be the urge for pastures new and fresh "and the appeal of the briny, Shanghai it looks as if it will be a backyard and bathtub holiday this year, The Typhoon Passes 5 wont by one of the strongest winds tered within many years and" liberally doused with driving, rain' which penetrated cracks in wall and windows, "Shanghai settled down to examine its" typhoon account, From early morning when the Proximity of the typhoon was discovered, the city was subjected to a gale of hurricane intensity "which made streets impassable to. pedestrians, created damage all over the foreign. areas, blew in countless windows, undermined many Chinese "houses and flimsy bute and tested the strength of the city's architectural fabric to the very foundation. There were casualties among Chinese and others who were. caught Inthe wrath of the storm, or were struck by flying tiles and debris. 'Motor car trample for the greater part of the day was the only thing possible, but on the bare, wind-swept Bund, fronting the Whangpoo which was whipped to' storm fury by the wind and provided, in some parts, the gale scenes on English promenades so popular in the home illustrated newspapers, even cars suffered for at one time there was a big huddle of overturned rickshaws and parked cars jammed one into the other at the foot of Nanking Road. The inevitable and traditional typhoon scene was reproduced. A.
itary sampan by. some strange prank of the storm was left high and dry on the Bund inside the cargo loading compound and sts owner could see no immediate way of restoring it to its proper element. Out in the western dis-net more material' damage was done contrast~ ing with the buildings on the Bund and in the central district which added to the roar of the tempest the constant tinkle of broken glass hundreds of windows caved in. At Bubbling Well Cemetery, a number of the beautiful plane {trees lining the avenue to the chapel were blown down illustrating the force of the wind. These trees are 30 or more years old and are among the oldest arboreal landmarks of Shanghhal but their age and dignity were not proof against the destructive force of the worst type of natural disturbance along the China Coast. 'AIL in all, however, Shanghai weathered the storm well despite the damage and the incon venience. It gave the old-timers an opportunity to draw on reminiscences for purposes of awe~ inspiring comparisons for the newcomers, and, for the time being at least, detracted atten tion "from the depression, political and financial situation which' is all the good In these perplexing days. Perhaps the Siccawei Fathers, with their unfailing good temper and studied caution, pre pared' public reception by including in the Weather' probabilities the uncertain expression.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.