The Archive · 1900

The Exodus Continues

he scare amongst the Chinese continues to exist in a very appreciable degree, judging by the appearance of the str Pekin on her outward trips. Yesterday was no exception, and the big river-hoat's decks were crowded with furniture and other impediments in a way that suggested a mammoth Pickford's vaa afloat, The human freight swarmed everywhere, it required some skill and n+ little cut to make a passage through the ekanow throng of men, women and chiklren. All manner of discomfort seems. too for nothing with them so long as they get away feom the trouble that they fear ix coming to Shanghai, On the Swochow Creek similar scenes on a smaller scale are to he witnessed every day, the big Chinese house-heats looking like" so many second-hand furniture shops, and they als" are earnrying large numbers' of passengers bound" for Soochow and places in the interior, The C.M.S. Msinehi left Chefoo on Sunday at 2 p.m., after having called at Tangku for a number of Chinese refnyecs who are coming to Shanghai. Tae Hsinchi is due here this morn

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