Naturally the postponement the iumina'ivns on 1 Tuesday has brought out angst the natives of Shanghai and the vicinity to explain th: sudden change of mind on the part of foreigners, most of them absurd enough to the who Tuere is, however, one report which seems to be almost universally accepted as the true reason, which decid: diy ought to be suppresse! as we hear that it has raised up the spirits of the great unwashed and imprese: them with the fice that after all, forei ners are not all brave acd that they still have a wholesome fear of the people. This dangerous rumour less that "the Allies have been severely deted in the North and driven outsin, thus making it impossible to rejoice in Shanghai at a moment when even in is on the verge of destruction." As stated above, this rumour made valiant the hearts f the reway classes, who tray now be expretel to free! return to Shanghai, from where at the beginning of the crisis they had been forced to clear out fur fear of being arrested and prevented from doing m seliief by the Police.
St Aug.
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