THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 7, 1988.
EVACUATION JIM MOLLISON OF LARGE IN LE TOUQUET
ADVENTURE NUMBERS
FROM HANKOW
24
HANKOW, TO-DAY.
THE EVACUATION OF NON- COMBATANTS FROM HANKOW IS ALREADY IN FULL SWING: MEASURES HAVE BEEN DECID-
1.
Paris, To-day.
It is reported in the Paris press that Whit Sunday. celebrations by the British airman, Jim Mollison, put the whole population of the seaside resort of Le Touquet, in the North of France, in a state of greatest apprehension.
Mollison arrived in Le Touquet ED UPON FOR ACCELERATING on Saturday with the famous Eng- THE REMOVAL OF WOUNDED |lish aeroplane builder, Fairey, and SOLDIERS AND THE CIVIL PO-spent the whole of Saturday night PULATION.
and part of Sunday morning in the Casino.
Hankow's Garrison Commander,
Towards evening, it is alleged, General Chen Cheng, called a con- he was no longer completely mas- ference attended by the Mayor, the ter of himself. In this condition, Chief of Police and other leading he got into his plane and began to men of Hankow, when it was decid-perform a series of the wildest and ed what measures were to be taken most perilous acrobatics..... in the event of Hankow being threa- The superintendent of the aero- tened by another Japanese' advance.
It is officially stated that these measures about which the negotia- tions are now in progress are of a precautionary nature, but it is em- phasised that certain partial mea sures are being carried out diately, namely:
same
drome immediately warned all ap- proaching planes by wireless of the danger of attempting to land
At the on flying ground. time, the police were informed and an ambulance was sent to the aero- drome as it was imme-that Mollison would crash.
thought certain
After 20 minutes of such fool- The transport further into the hardy acrobatics, Mollison, it is interior of all soldiers in the hos alleged, landed on one wheel and pitals of Hankow, Wuchang and climbed out of the machine as if Hanyang, also all refugees whose nothing had happened. number at present is 60,000.
He was at once arrested and Jonly released towards 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The French authorities have, asked the British Air Union to
Mollison's license.
It is expected, however, that the number of refugees will greatly in- crease in the next few days and all fugitives arriving will likewise be withdraw transported further into the interior Trans-Ocean. of the country.
Refugees without means will be transported at Government cost in so far as vehicles-railways, omni- buses, steamers, junks-are avail- able while the rest will have to con- tinue westwards on foot.
TROOPS AND
POLICE OUT IN that JAMAICA
Kingston, To-day.
All-Hankow-schools-will-close-in the middle of June in order that pupils might return to their parents in the interior or together with their parents, seek a place of safety. Two strikers were shot and Regarding the remainder of the wounded by police at Lluidasvale, population of the Wuhan towns. St. Catherine, and three numbering altogether 1.5 millions, wounded at Grashall, St. James. it is declared that all who can be Several arrests have been made. moved and in particular all women. children and aged people, will be urged to leave.
700,000 LEAVE
were
Telegraph and telephone wires between Kingston and the affected areas on the Island have been cut.
Strikes in several parishes in Eigher have been settled or are proceeding without disorder,
Special precautions were taken Last week, 200,000 persons left all day yesterday because of The number of those transported
rumours of impending trouble. this week-end are estimated at Troops, and police were sent into half a million. At the moment, it country districts and the oruiser is declared in authorititive quar- Ajax was standing by Reuter, ters, a greater part of the popula. tion shows no interest in moving either because the danger is not realised or because they are with- out means.
In this connection it is emphas- ised by official - Chinese quarters that it would be a mistake to as- sume, that the Japanese advance will be rapid..
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON IN GLASGOW
Japanese mechanised units, can advance, very rapidly in the plains
· Glasgow, To-day. of Honaft province but in the moun-
The Lord Mayor of London's taths they will suffer: considerable coach was seen in Glasgow for the difficulty. When it comes to man first time when it drove through to-man combat, the Chinese army, the streets yesterday with: thê: Más is superior to the Japanese, so that yor (who attended a service at Glas- when the Japanese reach the moun- gow Cathedral. {! tain ranges north of Hankow, the The Lord Mayor is on a visit tỏ will have to reckon with long Glasgow in order to visit "the" Em and tedious fighting-Trans-Ocean, pire Exhibition. Reuter.
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