There were some moments of tense excitement just after Tuesday midnight. A-fow stray shots were reported from the neighbourhood of Li Hongkew and the news came, by way of the Central Police Station, to the British naval headquarters at the Consulate, that a large Chinese army was marching on the Settlement from that direction, that they were ofose upon the General Hospital, if not already in possession of it, and that they wore firing the country asthe came, They we: id to have driven in the outposts with the loss of some: lives to the defenders. To bear out this!statemeut the whole sky to the West of the Suttlement became ruddy, is with the glare of an enormous con-flag ration, "The gene: fromthe bell towers, ed out from the British and Germ: sulates, Volunteers cai slong the Bund at the double, the machine guns were got into position on tie Garden Bridge and in fient of the Astor House, and mounted sdouts were sent out to ascertain what w: doing. lio scouts soon returned. with the information that they could locate no enemy and the main bodies of bl wore withdrawn to the Consulates as the most central points of defence.
"Pho glare in the sky continued and steam was got up on the fire-float, while the Brigade hurried off towards Sivza village where the blaze was in progress: A: largo number of native houses were tagald well, SUghS 6nd there cee: alee large quantities of straw, pointing to incendiary action. The outbreak was tackled with such energy and success that by half past one o'clock it was entirely under control and the engines returned. The "stroots by that time were as quiet and deserted as ever. our: Gurvzse Connesvonpenr, In-response to the -proclamatlons issued by: the-Municipal authorities of the International Settlement, the Shanghai Taotai, and the Mixed Court Magistrate, all the} native shops started to open their doors on Tuesday morning to do business as usual when at 9 o'clock one body of rowdies and loafers suddenly appeared in the vicinity of the Nanking Road market, while another did the same at the Hobgkew Market, on Boone Road. Attempts were nade to prevent the sale of food and to order shops to close their doors. those'proving somewhat slow in doing 80 having their premises looted. There were, of course, scriramages with the armed police: and volunteers which resulted in the wounding of a few of the miscreants, but, all the same, fear
to "atop business in all the streets, of the rowdies foreed "the shopkeepers with-ithe sole exception of those on the: Maloo, where the Volunteers and police were too strong for the rutfisnly mob. Shortly afterwards, the Shanghai Taotai went personal tour of the streets of the'Suttlement to ask the shopkeepers to open their doors and resume business.
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