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NEW OPENING EVACUATION SERIES
ALL BRITISH WOMEN, CHILDREN EVACUATED FROM CANTON
HONGKONG, SATURDAY
EVACUATION BY AIR TO HONGKONG OF
ALL BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM SHAMEEN, THE FOREIGN SETTLE- MENT AT CANTON WHERE THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE BURNED DOWN YESTERDAY IN ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS, WAS COMPLETED TODAY.
MOST OF THE MEN, INCLUDING MR. RONALD HALL, THE CONSUL GENERAL, WERE REMAINING IN CANTON.
WEARY AND SHAKEM WOMEN ARRIVING HERE DESCRIBED YESTERDAY'S RIOTS AS "THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF OUR LIVES. " THEY WERE ESCORTED TO CANTON AIRFIELD BY CHINESE GUARDS. REUTER MF 0932