Many people in Shanghai will be specially glad to learn that the latest reports from distressful Addis Ababa sive reassuring accounts of the safety of the foreign residents. Sir Sidney Barton, whom Shanghai. knows 0 well, inds his already heavy responsibilities greatly increased by the new turn of events. The splendid services which he has been rendering as His Majesty's representative in the Ethiopian capital are now being subjected to an exceptionally severe ihe test. His old friends, who have been gratified by the evident confidence placed im him by the Government, fare watching with renewed interest the course of the dramatic happenings to which Sir Sidney is clearly applying his characteristic energy and/ courage. On the edge of a burning elty—subjected to the risks of looting and indiscriminate massacre—the British Legation is one of the main resorts for refugees. Thoughts in Shanghai will be actively with Sir Sidney and his subordinates as they grapple with their difficult and dangerous task. Perhaps his mind will revert to that time in China, 36 years ago, when, a young consular officer from Weihaiwei, he was on special ority as Political Officer (0 the North China Field Fore and the British Legation at Peking was in grave peril.
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