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just passed through the aftermath of a typhoon I decided to stick to the Preussen to the end of her voyage - and here I am. Of Shanghai I have of course, only superficial ideas after my short stay of six days, but during that time enough has been seen to show me a finer, higher side of Chinese life than I had supposed existed. Also a coarser, lower level than I had 

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dreamed of.

The commercial importance of Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai impresses one deeply - as does also the facilities for its transaction. France has marked the architecture and gardening of Shanghai (Foreign quarter) most indelibly. England comes next Germany third. America fourth. In trade, England is first with Germany and France crowding for second place and America making a decent showing -

I had not contemplated

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