appears that the reluctance of certain pings companies to restore Shanghai fo the programme of their liners is due. to Gimdence at headquarters rather than to any. specific inhibitions here. "The spectacle of French, Mahan and other ships regularly. using the safe anchorage at Woosung suggests that that didence is overdone, especially when regard is paid to the admirable services of the coastal steamers and certain other British and /American vessels which have penetrated as fas the Bund. The arrival of the Bhutan at the Gough Island mooring prompts the pellet that London and. Montreal may before long be seized of the importance of permitting Shangh or at any rate Woosung to behold once. mor the comforting lines of their graceful vessels lest their memories begin to rank with Dream
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