the wharf property extends something tke a quarter of a mile dong The river front-end several hundred yards inland." Behind. the godowns which face the river are some vacant plots of land, overgrown. with lush treen " grass,' On the plots. are in-Bumerable chickens, many of which have been "brought "In by. refuges peasants, a few ducks, a mare and her foal, a couple of hacks, a donkey. and goats past counting." 'Many {hese goats' are also refugees, and! they have a trick of suddenly dis appearing, deaving no trace but a pleasing smell from cooking pots.
Behind these again are the foreign residences, a short row of houses with lawns" and. vegetable gardens. Only one of these residences is now fully. occupied, that of the manager [SEMSTOOTE Which has been turned Into a. mess where all foreigners on the whart feed and most sleep.
Regulations on the wharf property' fare srt. By agreement with the Chinese on one side and with the Japanese onthe ollier no one is per-titted to climb on to Tools or on to the water tower to observe the war. Communications with both sides are Fedueed to. the essential. minimums. Neutrality is observed ina way which Wwould please the "peace organi2a~ tions" now clamouring in. another country.
Tennis Under Bombing Routine on the wharf begins early. Those members of the foreign star who are needed tu the Shar by. the 830 am.
fre by that "time at. their "Tu the late afternoon the office and the party and: tennis on the, Nous not ive hundred yords_ away! riving, eud. below ipetfoccgroting isthe commanding You can understand why sometimes simple that Is sent tute the net." But emeer of the Grenadiers, Liewt-Col, Andretn {Fenerally speaking the holders of the fort have become so inured to these ale raids that they do not even! bother Took up while they" are ways, of course, Once of japanese bomber has zoomed 50 close that It looked objective. In cis a swift dis.
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