Ningpo, Apr. 29.
Recent rumours of Japanese intentions to advance on Kinhwa and Ningpo have hitherto not caused any disturbance in Ningpo. Even rumours of troop landings along the coast seem to have made little effect on the minds of the Ningpo people and occasional shelling of the Chinghai forts seems now to be a matter of routine, and does not disturb the populace of Ningpo. Business as usual was the motto, until suddenly, by order from Chungking, the port was closed on April 5. A great deal of agitation followed in the commercial circles to secure the reopening of the port, and the Enderta was allowed to come in once. and oil boats have also been permitted to enter, some of them bringing mail.
But the confidence of the city has been severely shaken by the events of the past week. Naval planes have appeared over the city for the past five days, sometimes spending an hour or more in flying over the city, and! occasionally flying very low.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.