Naval Guards for Lighters to Give Confidence Large ocean-going liners will mot be seen by Shanghai for some time as the Whangpoo River is considered unsafe for their passage and there is an absence of berthing facilities in the already crowded portion of the harbour above Pootung Point.
It is understood that there is no objection to liners, flying foreign flags, calling at Woosung to work cargo. However, they do so at their own risk and the loading and discharging must be done in the "Safe Anchorage." Owners and agents are warned to give previous notice of their intention to bring ships to Woosung and to have the ships so adjust their speed as to reach the "Safe Anchorage" directly without having to wait for the tide at the Fairy Flats.
Although some risk attends. the passage up the Whangpoo River, the risk has proved small actually. Because the risk would not be lessened by naval convoys none are being provided, but where Chinese crews or coolies of tugs or lighters refuse to make the passage, Admiral Sir Charles Little has stated his readjness to furnish, upon request, a smal? naval guard from the British China Fleet, to give them confidence.
is considered most inadvisable women and children to disembark at Shanghai, and shipping companies are being urged by the authorities to ce-operate in discouraging them from trying to do so.
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