Although the situation in Tsingtao tense, It remains quiet as yet. Omelat opinion holds that there will bbe no" trouble unless major Chinese victories around Shanghai—arduse Tsingtao Chinese to start things going against the Japanese With -conseription being enforced in the port and surrounding villages, house servants.and shop assistants are scurrying away, There is some shortage of food, as local supplies are Tuning out, ahd. farmers are. reluctant to come in from the countryside, No deliveries are being made by any of the shops. Prices are up about 28 per cent, all business being done on a cash basis, credit accounts having been closed.
Russian holiday-makers, who comprise a very great proportion of the foreign population at present the most. part financially culties. Many have had to overstay their holiday time without reserves. Those who are able have gone Advice has been circulated among the foreign community to remain me doors after dane. Cabarets, amuse ment resorts and boarding houses are Suffering severely from the enforced
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