The Royal Asiatic Society has also just published another book, which should prove of the greatest interest rs of the Shanghai commun-specially the lady members who have the worry of making out menus for their families' meals. This is a well illustrated book on the "Common headed" and who live in foreign settlements in Shanghai may just as well prepare five barred flags in order to await the "Reformed Government" at Nanking to take over the settlements but those who have "unclean thoughts" must quickly go to Yunnan and Szechuan in order to avoid trouble for there must be a change of situation in the foreign settlements.
This is the opinion held by the "Chinese Youth Patriotic and National Salvation Corps" which has been responsible for sending many threatening letters to the foreign-owned newspapers here. This statement is contained in two leaflets printed last month but received by this journal only yesterday from the Post Office.
The leaflets entitled "How Should Shanghai People Behave?" and "Where Should Shanghai People Go?" may be considered as a veiled threat that some action may be taken by "some quarters" or the new regime in Nanking in regard to the position of Shanghai. Judging from the tone of both statements, the corps is considered as an organ of the new regime while referring the Japanese as "certain quarters.
Tt is asserted that foreign settlements where the Chinese look for protection have become "paper tigers" and that the recent declarations issued by their authorities indicate that they can no longer do so: The Chinese may be sent to the headquarters or brought to face a squad at any time. When Shanghai Yecomes the second Kulangsu the people can not fly to Chungking and will experience the "unexpected danger."
"We must realize that the change of the position of Shanghai is not an empty statement. It must be and will be a fact There is a record of those Chinese factories and commercial houses where the Chinese flags were hoisted on May 3. They will be the first to taste the pepper."
Food-fishes of Shanghai," by Dr. Bernard E. Read of the Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research, and vice-president of the Society It contains pictures and description of 32 species of edible fish common sold in the Shanghai market, with their popular English, Latin and Chinese names, so that the housewife interested in giving friend husband something new in the way of delectable dishes can show her cook the fish she wants and give him the name by which it is known locally by the Chinese. Hitherto most foreigners in Shanghai have been limited to a choice of about half-a-dozen kinds of food fish, such as Mandarin fish, Ningpo sole, Wangyu, pomfret, samh and so-called cod. They have not been aware that there is a great variety of excellent food-fishes to be had.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.