The following extracts are taken from a letter received here from a Shanghai boy, who is now a prisoner of war in Germany. Judging from his letter, the prisoners on the whole are not too badly treated, although naturally short of many things. The chief difficulty seems to be in whiling away the time.
"Things are going by fairly briskly, most of our days now are spent in reading and study. The necessary books have been sent for, and if we are still here at Christmas, during the cold weather, we will have heaps of time fo while away. At present German, navigation, and bridge (but not too keen on last subject), are our chief interests News is pretty good at present, but of course, as you can imagine. we live in a constant buzz of rumours, Heard that Americans were preparing to leave Shanghai. however presume that was only normal precautions......
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.