have been alfetted on my knee (bwo years with wha! the doctor called deadlock. Politics and ficance are, to degree, inextricably mixed, But war oF no war, commodities have to be bought and sold, snd cooler procedure on the part of the Chinese might have helped them to rotala a moiety of the usual trade.
The foreign merchant who has built up interests la Chinn after decades of streanous work is sotering scotely. November and December are months when a good volume of trade might be looked for, usually followed by activity daring the month preceding the Chios New Year. "'Whaterer happens. no material change for the better is ud, granted that political atmosphere is cleared daring the interim, the best that we can here for is the resumption of trade after Chios New Yer. In Chi present fear of rep ive government, and
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