The Archive · 1937

Steamer Concentration

Seven Chinese coastal steamers wore ted fo the-buoys or alongside the nae' Ping, Chung Woo. (who Hoamed later upriver), Hin Hus An, ingly -Nanshing, "Foo-on, and. the CMSN. Haean British vessels Included three China Navigation river veauels ust past the Barricade, the freighter Hsin' Teeang Tan, andthe a. Redgate.

"Tapanese' boats Wore all of the within Kisen Katsha, tied up to the Company's own wharves on the Poo. ting side, hey" Include one" coast! dna' five' river vessels, the tater Headed by the ne Lo" Yang Mar, and numbering among them the im: Duldent tle Chang Yang Batu who Fon "the barricade " posse" atler Sunset on Thursday, as already ported! In these columns At the Dollar Whart Activity on the Dollar, Whart_ was non-existent yesterday afternoon, although one of the company's smaller fenders" was moored. alongside. On {ie Ford' Motor Export Company's promises next door there was a lie Hife,"and 'a large. number of erated motor ears were noted piled on the Small vessels on the river, sampans. small junko, fishing trawlere and the thousand and one craft which make Up the lite ona Chinese river, were charying on as usual, no sign of any Hervounoss being. apparent." Ferries fumed back and forth. os" usual, In Sluding Shanghat's own stream-lined, worfuinelled, double-stemmed pri.

To Close Passage On returning through the bervier, it ros noted that four big Junks Been moored! in such wy that the passage would be closed to all traffic. No signa of military or naval occupation of the barricade were to be seen, though the "rumper of police have been greatly increased, left, three men of the 4th U.S. Marines

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