THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1989
PLAIN SPEAKING TO JAPANESE
American Admiral
Firmer
SWATOW FINDS
Says Warships
Soviet
Policy
Will Remain
Washington, To-day. The Navy Department announces that Admiral Harry Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Squadron, told the Japanese naval Commander that American ships would remain in Chinese ports as long as American citizens were in need of protection and assistance.
CORDELL HULL CALM
Washington, To-day. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, stated at his press conference yesterday that he took a calm view of the Swatow situa- tion.
The State Department did not. intend to take up the situation with Tokyo.--Reuter.
The Navy Department added that so far from with- T'sin
drawing the destroyer Pillsbury from Swatow,
they had sent another warship, the destroyer Britons
Pope, which had already arrived at Swatow.
According to the Navy Depart- They added that they could not ment, Admiral Yarnell told the Ja-
panese command that United States confirm the statement that the Ja- warships would try to avoid inter-panese authorities cannot take res- ference with Japanese operationa|ponsibility for damage incurred if as far as was consistent with their American vessels duty of watching United States in-
with- terests.
drawn. Reuter,
are not
Swatow Evacuees Arrive In Hong Kong
CONTRARY
A
TO EXPECTA- without much difficulty, passen- TIONS, THE DANISH STEAM-gers told the "China Mail.” ER PROMINENT BROUGHT | Chinese passenger who came on ONLY A HANDFUL OF EVA- board, however, said that the CUEES FROM SWATOW WHEN withdrawal was a strategic one, SHEE ARRIVED IN HONG and that "50,000 troops, well KONG THIS MORNING. supplied with rifles, hand gren- FROM ades and machine-guns have CABLED REPORTS SWATOW YESTERDAY INDI- taken up lines of defence prepar- CATED THAT BETWEEN 70 ed in advance.” AND 80 AMERICAN AND BRI- TISH WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WOULD BE ON BOARD.
Both army and navy units took part in the attack оп Swatow, passengers told the "China Mail." As the Prominent steamed out of The remainder are apparently the port, the actual main body of still in Swatow, on board the troops was being landed from large Butterfield & Swire s.s. Ying-transports, about eight or nine of chow. The Prominent was at which were in the harbour itself, first asked by the captain of off the waterfront, while another H.M.S. Thanet to be ready to five lay outside, waiting to come take the refugees on board, but at the last moment, it was decid- ed to send them down in the Yingchow.
:
The Butterfield steamer was expected to sail for Hong Kong late yesterday afternoon the Prominent left at 1 o'clock yester- day afternoon but the "China Mail" was informed by, the local offices of the company that no word had yet been received from Swatow. So far as was known, the Yingchow was still there.
THE PASSENGERS In addition to 150 Chinese
passengers were:-)
in.
Following the preliminary heavy bombardment; those on board the foreign ships in the harbour could see a few Chinese troops moving slowly about in the streets near the waterfront. Pillboxes were manned and a certain amount of return ma- chine-gun fire was heard and seen..
SHELLS NEAR SHIP The pillboxes were immediately the main targets of the attack. Shells whizzed their way both ahead and astern of
the Prominent, ploughing their way into the sand- bag-concrete pill-boxes. The Chinese re-soldiers then withdrew.
fugees on board, the Prominent's Although bullets and shells, flew very close to foreign shipping, no. Mr. J. C. Hutchison, Commer-vessels were hit, and by noon. yes- cial Secretary to the British Em-terday the occupation of Swatow bassy in China; e
appeared to have been completed, Mrs. K. G. Hobart and her although occasionally a sniper's bul- three children, Charles Hobart, let would scream through the air. George Hobart and Sylvia Hobart;
Miss C. Downward, and Miss J. E. Brander, an ag Swatow at least as far as the waterfront was concerned, fell
Several large fires were started by the Chinese troops as they with- drew, but these were being tackled by the Japanese as the Prominent left the harbour; she cleared port "without much difficulty.!! -.
Suffer
Tientsin, To-day.
In Far East
London, To-day.
IT is probable that the
Soviet will begin
a more active policy in the Far East in the near future, says "The Times.”
The journal says that the Rus- sian Ambassador to China, M. | Luganetz-Orelsky, has been sum- moned to Moscow to report on [the situation, and that the newly- appointed Deputy Foreign Com- missar, M. Losowsky, has taken over direction of the Far East-
SEVEN more Britons ern Department of the Soviet
have been subjected Foreign Office. to "strip to the skin" General Chiang Kai-shek's di- searches and other indig-plomatic representative in Mos-
nities by the Japanese in full view of Chinese on- lookers of both sexes.
One Briton had his passport rammed between his teeth during a "mouth examination."
understood to be lodging a most The British Consul-Generalis
energetic protest..
cow called on M. Logowski several days ago, and it is believed, says "The Times," that the appoint- ment of M. Losowski is a sign that Russia intends to pursue a more active policy in the. Far East.
con-
FORMERLY IN CANTON M. Losowski can claim to be a are about 200 in Tientsin, are siderable experience in Chinese
Soviet citizens, of whom there first-class organiser, with stated by eye-witnesses to have affairs, says "The Times." been subjected to even greater He played a prominent role in indignities, especially the Soviet activities in China from women, m --Reuter........
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