thoughts turn to Hongkong with mpathy at the moment on hearing of the disastrous typhoon which has suddenly assailed the Island. Hongkong specializes in typhoons and when the assertion is made that the visitation of Thursday morning was one of the severest in Hongkong history that means a good deal. Shanghai will naturally hope that camps in which refugees from this city have been hospitably entertained have been spared some of the buffets of the storm. The telegrams seem to be reassuring by their omission to refer specifically to that aspect of the mishap. At all events Shanghai will not be blamed for the typhoon although in other respects it has inflicted on Hongkong heavy responsibilities by reason of a violent disturbance of the elements on the Whangpoo. The heroism displayed in rescuing victims of the typhoon seems to have been in accord with the best traditions of the sea. With so large a floating assemblage in its harbour the Colony has been put to another severe test.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.