Settlement end. Com: ng from Ho kew, and when approaching bridge from the west side, in view of the dense trae which may be pro-eyeding towards the bridge, anyone would naturally take the right side of the bridge (as would be done in town in any street); but owing to the aforesaid density of the trafic the pedestrian would be unable to cross over ere reaching the sentry boxes in the middle, In such cases I have found it safer to dodge past behind the sentries, rather than take, the Fond and face the coming Waflc, As to seizing erring pedestrians by the arm, it would be useless for the Japanese guardians to call out in Japanese, as no notice would be taken by most foreigners or Chinese. Therefore the alternative remains to seize the arm, and in their haste not too gently. I saw this done toa Tapanese lady, accompanied by an admonishment, and she took it all and smiled withal and apologized profusely, What a heat, phew! Our Garden Bridge will almost certainly go down in the "History of the Incident" arm-in-arm with the Marco Polo Bridge.
For Heaven's sake, enough of these border incidents, Shanghai, Aug, 1
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