1938-07-12 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1938.

BRITONS EVACUATION

RESISTING PLANS

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Hankow Foreigners Decide To Stay At Meeting

Kiukiang Order NEW YORK

Causes Some

Alarm

Shanghai, To-day.

TO PARIS FLIGHT

Paris, To-day.. Despite rapidly dwindling pe- trol supplies airman-Howard

Considerable concern prevails among business Hughes reached Le Bourget at

་་

4.55 p.m. yesterday.

The flight from New York took 16 hours and 35 minutes-Reu,

re

the

spect of the ex-British Concession

JACQUENOT ZONE

COCKCHAFER AND MONOCACY STEAM DOWN

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Hankow, To-day.

H.M.S. Cockchafer and U.S.S. Monocacy, which steamed three miles above: Kiukiang yesterday in order to avoid the bombing and the shelling, returned to the A.P.C. and Socony Installations, three miles below Kiukiang. respectively, which are located

Japanese warships yesterday in the vicinity of Sinkang below in-bombarded the Chinese positions

Kiukiang but did not shell. Kiu- kiang itself.

Questioned as to whether the Efforts are now being made by railway between Kiukiang and foreigners to organize a safety zone Nanchang has been torn up, the Jacquenot Zone in Shanghai. The "Such a step is possible if mili- on the lines of the well-known Chinese military spokesman said:

Chinese are already reported to be tary necessity requires. Reu- been made with the Japanese. agreeable, but contact has not yet Reuter.

ter

firms with interests in Kiukiang, notably the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Jardine's and Butterfield and Swire's, as a result of reports that the Hankow authorities have issued orders to suspend the operation of to the Chinese troops to destroy "any property Chen-O'Malley Agreement in or construction that might be used by the Jap-and in no way to modify or anese when they capture the town," before eva terfere with the administrative cuating Kiukiang.

rights concurred by the agreement Representations have been made to Generalissimo

on British subjects. Chiang Kai-shek with the object of having the orders at least made more specific so that for eign properties are not implicated in the gen eral destruction. The British Embassy in Shanghai has merely ac

knowledged the Japanese evacuation request to the foreign Consular authorities and refer- red the contents to the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, who is now in Hankow-

Although the evacuation of the French Concession, the only neu- Britons in Kiukiang has begun, tral area in Hankow, may be un British nationals in Hankow who avoidable and possibly even the are known to be reluctant to eva-wholesale evacuation of that cuate, except in the very last ex-may become necessary, it is the is going along well. His doctors It is understood that the King tremity, are considerably cheered fixed determination of the remain did not see His Royal Majesty by yesterday's statement of the acting members of the British Com- again yesterday night and an- ing Consul-General, Mr. C. E. Whi-munity to remain in occupation of other official statement with re- tamore, who said: "There is abso- their properties in the ex-British gard to His condition will be lutely no question of evacuation of Concession as long as

humanly issued some time to-day. Britons from Hankow," and added possible.

The King attended. to a num-

The mission premises were hit that, "It was__úp_to_the__Japanese

ber of State-papers brought twice and practically demolished to take every precaution neces- Three⚫ dangers those remain down from London and also re- but there were no casualties as must face are, ceived several telephone calls the mission staff were sheltered AMBASSADOR'S STAND firstly, overrunning of the from Members of the Royal in a bomb-proof dug-out, above

former Concession by retreating Family. The Acting Consul-General's and demoralized Chinese troops;

which bombs struck. statement is in line with Sir Archi-secondly, the intensive, indiscrim bald Kerr's reported instructions inate bombing of Hankow; thirdly, to all Consuls not to move any Bri-

floods. tish nationals “unless it is absolute-

sary.

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ing

THREE DANGERS

behind

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area

KING GOING ALONG WELL

London, To-day.

Reuter.

SIR SHENTON

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SWEDISH MISSION BOMBED

Sian, To-day. reaching Sian, the Swedish Mis- According to belated advices sion at Ishi which is situated in South Shansi, near the river bend about 50 miles north of Tungwan, was bombed on June 30,

The Ishi Mission is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Erickson and their infant, is all Swedish, and belongs to the Swedish Mis-

with the China Inland Mission Headquarters at Stockholm. Reuter.

THOMAS'S TRIP TO Sion to China which is associated

BATAVIA

Singapore, To-day.

Preparations for the emergency ly essential.' The determination have already been made and sub- of Britons and other foreigners in stantial stocks of food have been Hankow not to evacuate follows laid in. bitter experience in Shanghai, Nan-

According to the present plans, king and many other places occu- the Britons will concentrate in pied by the Japanese, where foreig- sturdy, concrete buildings, such as Much interest has been arous- talk about Anglo-Dutch co-opera- ners found their return after the the Hong Kong Bank building and ed by a report that Sir Shenton tion in defence, following the re- Chinese evacuation very difficult Asiatic Petroleum Company's build-Thomas is visiting Batavia later cent visit to the Dutch-Indies of and subject to all kinds of restric

ing on the Bund, when fighting this year. Importance is attach- Lord Gowrie, Governor-General tions.

ed to the Report in view of the of Australia. Reuter.

In this connection it is understood

reaches Hankow.

that the British authorities vainly these two buildings will be anchor- Almost within a stone's throw of tried, before ordering the' evacua- tion of Kiukiang, to get a promise merchantmen, ready to carry

ed a British gunboat and several from the Japanese that Britons

out: would be allowed to return as soon as everything was quiet.,

the evacuation should that become necessary.

REPRESENTATIONS MADE BRITISH DETERMINATION The attitude of British residents

The British officials, both in Hankow, and other foreigners,

China and Tokyo, are reported to is reflected in the following state-

have been emphasizing to the "Ja ment made - at a meeting of the panese the British property rights Hankow Foreign Resident's Asso-

and other interests in Hankow. ciation, called to co-ordinate plans. It is understood that representa- for coping with the impending em tions have been made to the Ja ergency by the British Chairman, panese authorities asking them f

Mr. A. E. Marker, Exp

shown that return

is apt to be more

cuation itself, and

are far more su properties cared is recognised ...sort a

gene

guarantee full facilities. or the

to re-enter possession ... and resume theit-lawful association-im-|

diately any fighting” which may ir within the ex-British Concos- or adjacent areas has censed. The Japanese are also said to have been asked to undertake not

Here's Luck!

EWO

BEEF