Enquiries at shipping offices revealed that local agents' of companies still waiting for further advices Fegarding conditions in the North before coming to any decision. Sardine's reported that they had several ships at Tientsin, and that efforts were still being made to try W! and get in touch with these ships; no passenger bookings are being mad> for the time being.
Butlerfleld & Swire, on the other hand, are still taking cargo for Tien-sin; passengers, however, are booked solely at their own risk, and provid-jing they secure the necessary Chinese visas. Those not already in possession of visas from the Chinese Jauthorities will, apparently, be un-fable to secure a passage to'Tientsin, for all visas Issued by the Shanghai Passport office are so issued with the proviso that passport holders are prohibited from proceeding to milltary zones, fortified areas or "unsafe place all the way to Jukong Rood. Chinese flags were prominently displayed in streets in the Dixwell Road district, From Jukong Road to Dixwell Road, crackers were fired. Nota single cracker was heard in the area close fo the Japanese Naval Landing Party Headquarters in. Kiangwan Road,
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