Information has been obtained to. "the effect that a letter has icon addressed by the Commissioner. of, Customs; Shanghai to. the. Con fut Ganeral on the gabe of for-ign. warships. in. the Whangpoo: The letter is unilerstood to indicate thet, in the opinion of the Customs Suthorities, the presence of the! Warships in their existing anchore ages unduly hampers the: shipping:
the por, The forthcoming ate the new United States Gruiser Houston is believed, to some: extent, to have given usa to this although the ques tion is not in itself a new issue,
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