The changed conditions in the regions on the Western District of the International Settlement have prompted foreigners to make adventurous expeditions for the satisfaction of much understandable curiosity—also anxiety—regarding the safety or otherwise of property along the Hungjao Road and other areas beyond the railway line, It is sad to have to suggest any curbing of this activity which is naturally stimulated by impatience, but the truth is that military operations are still in train there under a direction which does not consider it timely to concern itself about anything but the immediate task of pressing those operations to the required Objective. It will not tolerate intrusion from third parties. That fact should be as clearly understood by the foreign public as it is by the official representatives of the various neutral nations from which that public is drawn. In other words foreigners who get into trouble or incur actual danger or even worse by wandering beyond the perimeter ae doing themselves no service and will command no sort of assistance if such vicissitudes befall them. Com-nonsense still demands caution of the Shanghailander. He or she may be relied upon to show it.
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