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WITH THE EVACUATION OF THE BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM CANTON, THE FOREIGN COUNTRY THERE WAS REDUCED TO ABOUT 100, MOST OF THEM AMERICANS.
MOST OF THE BRITISH MEN, INCLUDING HR RONALD HALL, CONSUL GENERAL, WERE REMAINING BEHIND.
MR JACK PARKHOUSE, WORST INJURED IN YESTERDAY'S RIOTS, WAS AMONG THE MEN WHO LANDED HERE TODAY IN THE HONGKONG AIRWAYS LINER USED FOR THE EVACUATION. ALTHOUGH HEAVILY BANDAGED, HE WAS ABLE TO WALK.
ANOTHER ARRIVAL WAS MR J.L. MURRAY, BRITISH PRESS ATTACHE, WHO ALSO LEFT CANTON TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT.
THE EVACUEES ALLEGED THATBPOLICE, ALTHOUGH REQUESTED EARLY IN THE DEMONSTRATION, TOOK TWO HOURS TO ARRIVE FROM HEADQUARTERS HALF A MILE AWAY.
THE CROWD ATTACKING THE BUILDINGS, THEY SAID, HAD SUPPLIES OF PETROL AND PARAFFIN READY TO SET FIRE TO BUILDINGS IN THE SETTLEMENT. TWO BUILDINGS, APPARENTLY THE NEXT TARGET, WERE SAVED BY POLICE. REUTER MF
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