CHINA
SEE ALEO CHINA RIOTS ROUNDUP ON PRINTER 1908 ONWARDS. GOVERNOR APOLOGISES FOR CANTON ATTACK
HONG KONG FRIDAY - DR.T.V.SOONG, GOVERNOR OF KWANTUNG, APOLOGISED TONIGHT FOR THE INCIDENT AT CANTON WHERE A MOB OF SEVERAL THOUSAND CHINESE BURNED THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND OTHER BRITISH-OWNED BUILDINGS AND WARNED THE CHINESE THAT A REPETIT-
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ION WOULD BE DEALT WITH BY FORCE, ACCORDING TO THE CANTON CORRES- PONDENT OF THE HONG KONG NEWSPAPER WAH KIU YAT PO.
THE MAYOR OF CANTON ASSURED THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL,
MR RONALD HALL, THAT THE AUTHORITIES WERE DETERMINED TO GIVE EVERY PROTECTION TO FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN CANTON. REUTER END 1944
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