Those who watched the unfortunate predicament of the Rosalie Moller as she struggled with adversity in the effort to land her passengers on Sept. 10 and did not succeed until the afternoon had given way to evening, were full of sympathy with the many women aboard. They had indeed an unpleasant return to Shanghai in having to wait within sight of shore while two bombardments at noon and in the late afternoon raged above their heads. On such occasions there are always wiseacres who can tell from the shore exactly what the skipper ought to do, Mr, Eric Moller, in an authoritative account of the proceedings, confirms the view of better-informed spectators who main: tained that the vessel was handled as best as could be in the circumstances. It is also clear that as soon as the steamer's plight was known to them Messrs, Butterfield & Swire at once intimated that their wharf was at her disposal, but the combination of wind, tide and current was against the skipper whose conduct in most trying circumstances cannot be otherwise than commended. This is said in no lack of sympathy for the distressed passengers, but merely to emphasize that in less competent hands they might have fared far worse.
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