T is satisfactory to be able to record that during 1938 the International Settlement remained free from further hostilities, TRE will be a meeting of the However, the problems of rehabilitation and securing a return to jai Municipal Council on Wed-normal conditions in the Settlement proved to be full of difficulty, nesday, January 1l, at 430 p.m.
Thankfulness that the determination of the Shanghai community remains unbroken and that some progress has been achieved is mixed with regret that so much yet remains to be achieved. Main interest naturally centred in the return of the Hongkew and Yangtszepoo districts to the complete control of the Council; negotiations to this end were still in progress towards the end of the year. Normal services were continued throughout the year by the Waterworks and Power Companies, whose main plants are situated in the Yangtszepoo District, but the tramway and omnibus services were unable to resume operations in the area north of the Soochow Creek. Omnibuses imported from Japan were, however, function-Subject for this evening's into over Sistion MID ing in that area. As this constituted a breach of the Council's franchise to the China General Omnibus Ca., a protest was entered by Dr. P. F. Price is: "A Good Prayer For Perplexing Times." by the Council with the Japanese authorities.
Admission for Chinese to the areas In view of possible disturbances on orth of the Soochow Creek continued ihe fürst anniversary of the outbreak Mempens of the British Women's throughout 1938 to be restricted to of hostilities (August 13) the S.V.C. those who obtained passes from the was placed on a "Precautionary" basis Japanese authorities, this restriction on August 8. The Council later con-place on January 9 at 5.30 [being enforced by sentries of the veyed its thanks to the Settlement p.m. at 46 Route de Boissezon.
Japanese Army on duty at various Defence Forces, the S.V.C. and its bridges across the Soochow Creek.
Russian Detachment, the Police Re-(Mr. H. C. Hopkins recently arrived Although a number of markets, gulars and Specials, and the Fire branch health offices, police and fire Brigade "for the most efficient and stations were re-opened, other muni-effective services rendered during the cipal buildings such as schools, hospast few days in the preservation of pitals, etc, had not reverted to their public peace and order." normal use at the end of the year.
Lone Battalion Incident An improvement was made in the shipping facilities at the Hongkew There was an unfortunate incident wharves, arrangements being conclud-on August 11 at the camp where the ed by some of the larger shipping Chinese "Lone Battalion" was intern-Companies for their ships again to ed which resulted in a fight between berth alongside the wharves. Al-the Russian guard and the internees. though a number of Chinese (mainly Reinforcements were sent to the camp labourers) returned to Hongkew and the motor accid-guard but before peace was restored Yangtszepoo Districts during the year, several members of the "Lone Bat-of last year when Mr, the re-occupation of those areas for talion" had been seriously injured. Dodd knocked down a four-year-old residential purposes by that section Bottles, stones, etc, were thrown at of the foreign community which pre-the Guard, four of whom were slight: viously lived in the areas was very ly injured. Three of the Chinese Min. Kentaro Yasuda, Chief of the slow. Police functioning in the two soldiers died later in hospital from areas was skeleton in form and at the Japanese -Consular Police with the their wounds and in October the time of writing only about 50 Chinese rank of vice-consul, left Shanghai Council on humanitarian grounds police in uniform were operating, and for Canton yesterday morning. It is granted the sum of $1,000 to the de-these solely on traffic duty. The he will be appointed chief pendents of each of the three men,
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