It is to be greatly hoped that these fears will prove shadows, because we must not overlook the number of children in the port. The C. I. M. School alone have about 200 under their roof, and the Chinese are not discriminating in their methods of warfare. It is well to know that every precaution for safety and rapid transition has been taken, even to the adoption of a code of signals to be used in case of alarm. We also have a European night-duty guard of volunteers who patrol certain bounds, and sentry guards of Celestials who do really look see pidgin" and are not used as a defensive measure. Those that care to ramble during the night find everything quiet.
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