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Show Gateway City Fears Attack Shanghai Shelling of Shanghai from the sea and river approaches to this gateway city of China is the next move feared from the victorious Cantonese Can-tonese forces. In order to fend off an attack from Cantonese naval craft under cover of night, the Chinese defense de-fense commissioner of Shanghai is-Fued is-Fued a proclamation declaring the Woosung approach to the Whangpoo river closed to all ships from sunset to sunrise. The move was considered a drastic one, and. although intended to aid in the ultimate defense of foreign for-eign settlements, as well as the native sections of Shanghai, the order was immediately protested by the consular bedy. |