About 8 o'clock on Friday morn: ing, two Japanese warships moved closer to the shore and started shell-Ing the forts and the wireless station but little damage appeared to have been inflicted. Spectators on the heights at Kulangsu said that the forts replied vigorously and stter a short engagement the two warships withdrew in the morning mist and [steamed out to sea Tu port during the alr raids were the B. & 8. steamers Shantung and Anking (bound for Manila), and the British India s. Santhia also. spent a few hours there. H.M.S, Duchess, destroyer, is the British guard ship.
Passengers on the Shantung had "ringside seat" view of the bomb {ng of the city as the Japanese planes brea pee mote war zones and negotiations "were "under © way hag restilted from the tremendous me aroused rumours here that peace were extended end Mr. A. I. Oparin.
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