Instead of her customary twelve or fifteen European passengers, the Tingsang arrived yesterday morning with 36, plus about 46 Russians, to say nothing of Chinese. With so many passengers to feed, the vessel very nearly ran out of food, An officer of the ship said yesterday that there was only enough remaining for two more meals, Had the ship been held up somewhere the situation would have grown serious.
Two trips to Tsingtao have been made lately by the Tingsang. On the first trip she crammed her decks with some 1,500 refugee Chinese whom she carried direct to Ningpo. This evacua ation was made before the outlook at Tsingtao became fairly peaceful again, and at that time there was something of a panic among the Chinese population at the popular summer resort, From Ningpo she returned to Tsingtao on her way north to Tientsin, On conditions in the north the only report was that considerable alarm existed over the future at Chefoo while Taku was thoroughly Japanese.
Transports Counted At Woosung, people on the Tingsang counted 28 Japanese transports. One of them was alongside the shore close to the breakwater discharging men, horses and artillery without meeting any resistance, There was no fighting going on at Woosung yesterday morning, and according to observers in the ship, the territory seemed to be well in Japanese hands, Quiet reigned along the lower stretch of the Whangpoo River as the Tingsang steamed up and it was not until a short distance below the Japanese flagship, Idzumo, that the China Coaster found herself running a gauntlet of shot and shell. The ship and her passengers escaped unscathed. When the Russian woman screamed, two doctors rushed to her thinking she was shot, but it was only her nerves that were gone:
Continuing southward, the s, Tingsang will sail this morning at 9 o'clock bound for Hongkong and Canton, with a large number of passengers from Shanghai and a_consignment of mail, The next ship of the line due here is the s, Chaksang which should arrive from Tientsin, Chefoo and Tsingtao tomorrow and sail for Swatow, Hongkong and Canton on the following day.
For northern ports, the next sailing will be the s. Shuntien, of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, which is due to sail at 3 p.m. The vessel was to arrive last night from Hongkong.
Now that it is definitely decided that the Canadian Pacific s. Empress of Russia will go straight from Nagasaki to Hongkong without calling here today, it may be said that all trans-Pacific ships are being diverted from Shangh Ss. Taishan Turns Back on Being Searched Hongkong, Sept. 6.
Two Customs cruisers, the Shungking and the Kwanwei, were seized by a Japanese destroyer late last night off Green Point, near Hongkong waters, it is reliably learnt.
One of the cruisers is reported to have been subsequently sunk, The cruisers had on board two Bri. tish officers, J. W. C. Jones and J.D. Douglas, both of whom are said to have reached shore safely in sampans, s. Taishan Turns Back The British steamer Taishan is the first foreign ship to be affected by the Japanese blockade of the south coasts. While proceeding from
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