Zig further incident in dessteid Road on ary 3, when gangsters Aightingsmongst themaclves' injured three Inosent bystanders continues to draw attention tothe lawlessness prevailing "in the area outside Seltcment Emit, but within the defence perimeter Tt 2 state of affairs which defects of the siphtes credit upon the Ta Tao. Government, {Sct considerably diminishes whatever" prestige K'imay" be considered to haves i" ganpaigs wish fo fight between themssives that fe entre: thet aam, but when thee actions lumper People inno. way connected with them, whet They endanger the lives of law-abiding. citizens mn" entirely" aiterent' set of" concacrtions ust apply. The impression ws creme by the Isxity of the Ta Tao Government In this met
sible authorities. It may be a. wrong one, but Ist thing' which is desired by the rosen lat the matonance of wanderer
to the present incre lo no indication" that trey are taking any"steps to. put "down the ime and disorder' which' previ Indeed. tar the foveigt authorities With the copeteance the gendarmerie which Cleaned up tne Fat Hwa village. "One of the frat signs which shou be taken fe the closing of lett comi, ug. Mouses "which "stivec ihe. attention Shanghat underworld, There i not tke Hightest evidence fo show ist. these "hous being ron on honest lines, but every Toma believe that the whole busines fo's crooked the crooks running them 'Their eximenee fon the utakirs of the international' Seine tent productng'comstions evergSit a6 tea, inet worse than shove which prevalted. some leven or. twelve "years ago, when similar joints" were tobe found in Chinese territory, snd" which owed their continued exisance payment of squeeze tothe heads ofthe Yeriou police districts No government In the hiner "rees can "command, any respect long as maipractics of thie tort cautious, removal of these gambling hells' woul be Feoked upon todsy"an the' At step towards the etablihment" of la and order. "It iee municipality of 'Greater "Shanghai fs so hat Dut to it for funds that i han to depend tad Fevenue. from auth institutions as theria, indeed in bad' way. But "even that' reuse, Ordinary, "good "administration, ina ton the suppression "of vices suchos these dens cater toy and it for municipal purposes f2%E Recta orale" money his way common honesty" requiven thst. these" places should be properly licenced, and their evtome fully' protected gaint the Wieves oho realest them. Tels true that such @ sto went forth considerable criti, bul Te woaks Foreign Refugees seems to be the fate of Shanghai to have to absorb, every now and. then, a. number: of retuxces from foreign countries and the ability with which this is done is a testimony 10. the food heart and intelligence of the city. The Russian refugee problem has been almost, but
fonsiderabte drain on this ely's charity" funds quite. solved) There sti! reinaing avery this "connection. "Another call which has been answered to a certain extent has been for the reli of those foreigners whose employment has been wrecked by the Sino-Japanese hostile ies, though in most cases these can hardly classed "as refugees. Now comes, however, urgent appeal for funds for the support numerous Jews who have been driven out Jor Centrat Europe by the policies of the govern= ments of the countries in those. areas. "The repeal, which appears in other columns today, "anode on, "purely humanitarian ground [These people have come to Shanghai, though would be dificult to find a harder pressed. town for them to come to, because there is nowhere else for them to go. And more maybe ex: pected. Many of them possess excellent. qual fications in the professions, and it iva. double ageely for them that Shanghai at the: moment finds. it dimeult to make' use of their talents [That they will eventually fad rheic niches goes without saying, But at present their problem is urgent." The generous donation by" Victor Sassoon of $180,000 has given a powerful icad"to. the section of the. community who might be expected to be most affected by the ght of these refugees. But more. Is needed, Therefore this journal has. no. hesitation. In placing before. the community" this imperative necessity, though it is acknowledged thatthe Fequirements of charity in Shanghai are probe bly more onerous than in any other elly. in the" world and the official organizations for meeting' them probably fewer.
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