Congress danced and Shanghai, I see, still races. My information
is derived from Horse and Hound, which quotes a Reuter message dated April 17th to the effect that "Race-meetings are still being held on the famous racecourse in the centre of the city. . . . By arrangement with the Japanese 70 per cent, of the profits go to the Japanese army and 30 per cent, to the Shanghai Race Club, a British company." The writer of the Horse and Hound article adds that "even if the general conditions are more or less unpleasant, as they probably are, it is to be hoped that they are being alleviated to some extent at any rate for those members of the British and American communities who go in for racing." I don't know that I hope that myself very strongly. There is a little too much Hare and Hound about British and American race-goers who help to make profits for the benefit (up to 70 per cent.) of the Japanese army. But I have yet to be convinced that such persons exist.
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