Shanghai, Aug. 21 It. was high noon, "Beautiful white clouds flecked the sky and were reflected in the Whangpoo where anchored the greatest concentration of foreign warships ever seen in this Fiver, In midstream, with her safety ne extended, lay' the Japanese kingship Tdzumo.' Other warships. extended up the river. Over at Pootung there solitary fire behind the B.A.T, factory. The sky over, Yangtszepoo and Wayside was streaked with the Jong, ingering columns of smoke tense hush along The Bund. Shots had been fired {rom Pootung during the morning, and a large force of police and volunteer closed "The Bund and street ling to it except for people work= in buildings in the vicinity. It beautifully peaceful scene, but
sound of martial music. It was the Suddenly, the band of the USS. Augusta giving {its mid-day performance while sailors strolled around the ship, people ashore, used to the shattering fire of guns, paused to wonder, and three Japanese aeroplanes flying overhead Gidn''t seem to care, An interesting war-time interlude.
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