He ran us down again the other evening and with the light of veracity in his eye, and conviction in every tone, he told us that he had it on the best authority that the Japanese high command had asked the Municipal Council to close the Bund for three days while they dealt with Pootung. He even named the three days. But nothing happened, and in the hearts of many journalists there is sorrow. If they were disallowed access to the Bund they might have been able to have a holiday, which even in peace times they never get from Good Friday to Christmas.
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