"The condition of Tsinan is one of the most curious I have ever encountered in my long expone and I feel is understood by only a very few. It is commonly reported that there is a determined spirit there to boycott the Japanese invaders to the bitter end and much can be brought forth in proof thereof. It ig quite-true. that the busi rican of ie" Bity: "Ya "paralysed "and while some shops are partly oper there is really nothing going on except the buying and selling of the moat' elementary "nature, The explanation "given was "that the resentment against, the Japanese wai 40 strong that the people chose utter and complete ruin rather than, prosperity under Japanese protect-fon.
"It did' not take me tong to discover that this business stagnation Wong' gazed on us with an intense indignation only equalled by his powers of suppression, "No belong crab. You sabe garden side anytime rain small suing. Golofish no wantchee, my no wantchee, Spoilum goldfish."
Wong was just as definite on the point as He was terse in expression, and again we endeavoured to explain ourselves.
Seizing pencil and "paper we drew what appeared to us to be a very fair representation of a snail crawling along with his house on his back.
Wong looked at it pityingly. "No got Shanghai side. What Ying?"
'A suspicion.entered our mind that Wong wes going "to. stand no nonsense with our goldfish and was offering a stupid resistance to our endeavours for their' betterment.
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