After a preliminary douche of no inconsiderfable proportions, Shanghai was saturated three-and-a-half "inches. of rain on Saturday night and Sunday, and a lot_more Monday. According {0 the infallible Siccawei Fathers, who disdain any idea of records to appease fancied conceptions of the general public, there has been considerable rain but the total is still below the average for the year worked out over a period of 60 years although the week-end downpour must have helped to almost square Statistics. Throughout the foreign areas of [Shanghai there were floods as the overworked sewerage system was unable Immediately 0 cope with the downpour, although there was much inconvenience it cannot be said that, the rain was not acceptable. After a sudden period of heat which parched the countryside, {there has been a marked deterioration in the supply and quality of green vegetables but this situation should "be altered in the near future. Another beneficial effect should accrue "from the cleaner appearance of the streets. Shanghai, "overcrowded, unable to carry out completely proper sanitation mea sures, has never looked so dirty in spite of the huge quantities of water used to cleanse the streets, but the week-end deluge ought to alleviate thie, Incidentally, the pedesteian—It the persons brave enough to wade through foods and saturated streets may so be called—has a complaint. In days stich as these hire fear chauffeurs and' car owners seem to. demonstrate an arrogant and aggressive delight plunging through water at a fast speed drenching those unfortunate mortals on" the pavements by cascades from the wheels. A safety ilrst week has just ended with eminently Satisfactory results. Perhaps a courtesy Week plight be started with similar results The President's Reverse (Continued from front page) be the international ideal. Mx, Cordell Hui, Secretary of State, probably had something of the sort in his mind when in his worded statement he described the the arms embargo as a matter of regret and disappointment from the standpoint. of peace and the best interests of the United States in international relations. The ministration's proposals he added" were "not only calculated to keep the United States out of war, if war comes, but were calculated to make a far greater contribution than the pre-[sent law towards the discouragement of the Outbreak of hostilities. Whether the Adininise stration will find that view endorsed by the [nation remains to be seen, and in any event Jit may take some time before its views will be permitted to prevail.
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