he ice situation, which has caused great atrexs" among. Shanghais 8,900,000 population, Improved: appreciably driving the past, few faye, "Pricer of Chine vice have. destined feveret "dollars. per beg and "well-informed Sources botleved That this downward, tendency wi continue uni &, more. reagnabte evel Touched eonsonant_with wages. The reason for tue is the arrival of larger supplies from Wah," the great Centtal-China ree port and the promise. of even treater supplies. th the hene™ future through the ce-operation of the Japanese authorities "tin, whose controlled icrritory. this great. slee'produeing area is Ioented" Amidst large volume of complaints peculations and' aceusatons regarding " the Gause "of the "anamual situation "caused In Shanghai, a sallatactory explanation is sti Incking to show why-tige at Wahu fs $14 and In'Shonghal i has Youthed over $50. Political baller arising fom. the peculiar relation SNjpr between the. Japanese author Urlling the hinterland around Shangh Speculation and hoarding by. manipulate een variously quoted, but ite heed paid to the fact how near Shanghai fs 1 starver Man, "Atvone point, the city's socks, were. Unsted at M00 bays which represents a week's poly. at the dally average consumption of {1000 aps. Whatever the reason the serous tes of conditions, which resulted tu raids on Mise shops, has received. the urgent attention {tthe foreign manip authorities for a use tity ike Shanghai ennhot be Taft to exist mrengreeviblets of subsistence when abundance thin easy reach, Shanghel has many ale feat problems but' none sis more "Important than that of ling the ree bow, "And the way the ShanghatMuniefpalCouneit, the rene Concession authorities and others. have cooperated. to ameliorate conditions ts. described bythe Council statement ised on August 39 ha' published on another age The Typhoon Passes Temporarily routing discussions of the Buropean. situation from general conversation, the" typhoon, after blustering " menacingly around these regions for 48 hour Shanghai carly on August 30 and ing its mischief elsewhere, Shanghai rarely ex periences a serious typhoon, for which the Sic cawd Fathers be thanked, but there Is a typhoon psychology which might well worth selentifie investigation at some other period when complex political factors have Vanished, and the ordinary phenomena of nature may be studied. Long before Siccawel's Warnings begin to receive attention and a Weographical proximity has been established, copie begin to grow restless, and sully, continually easting a keen eye on the placid blue sky because they feel something is going to happen. This manifestation is almost as certain the relationship between the aching corn, and wet weather. No precision instrument of finer sensitiveness has yet been invented: After the frst symptoms giving rise to many inquiries and a certain amount of dubious acceptance ut taels, "the typhoon arrives, and al once period of vaging storm, and Unruly element the mind, and system are satisfied that premonitions have been fulfilled, ind afterwards a_great, soothing peace sets in: It'is. probably based on that marvellous com-place ney of prior knowledge which results in the exclamation "I told you so." In Shanghai's case, the typhoon was violent but as it passed Shanghai at some distance its full force was not felt and, consequently, there was comparatively little damage, although many people had a sleepless night. The recurring floods inundate TOWER, NOS AS WE KNOW,
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