It the purpose of the shelling was to create panic among the people it] certainly failed of its purpose; for they took it all with surprising calmness, But when yesterday official notices appeared in the streets advising the evacuation of women and children and old men, they began to fake the matter more seriously, and by the evening there was a distinct nervousness abroad, and a feeling that something serious might happen very soon. This was allayed when Tater in the evening the Information began to go round that the greater number of the warships lying outside had disappeared: and today all has been quiet, both on the sea and in the air, There had been nearly thirty crafts great and small, including about ten armed merchantmen, which may also have been transports. They must have arrived about the same time and much in the same manner, as the larger force at Bias Bay.
The question remains wheather this was a" mere" diversion to. prevent troops being sent from this Brea to Hrengthen the defence " towards Santon, or there was an intention fo fend. ahd take Swatow had the. defence proved: lew effective than ig." Also whether a more serious Stack may stil be made'as part of the main campaten.
During these two days single bombs were dropped at svoral places in the eighbountood, one at Rityang" one at Chaoyang, which killed ste pop, Sand one on the river at Chaochowt, which sunk three "poate. and. alled About twelve people. Two of. the Stations on the railway Between here Chaochowti: were. also stacked, But no damage of any account was one.
should be clear from this account of what actually happened that the Statement published en the authority of a certain press. organization inst Swatow had" been subjected "to "merciless bombing" was rather more than an exaggeration
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