Shameen, April 2.
The fear of repercussions here of the troubles at Nanking and Shang. hai have led to measures being taken for the defence of the British and French Concessions. It i learned that, in the event of trouble arising, naval parties will be landed from the foreign gunboats to protect their national shameen is now surrounded on three sides with wire entangle ments, the front bund being the sed portion of the Island, kept open to allow the free entry and exit of men from the gunboats lying alongside.
H, M, S. Moorhen and Tarantule, the French warships Vigilante and Argus are the only boats lying off Shameen. The U. S. 8. Helena is off Fongchuen, opposite Shameen, across the river.
French have cleared their old trenches of all mud and dirt, and their police station is well protected.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.