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CHINA EVACUATION CROUNDUP WITH NEW MATERIAL) CANTON EVACUEES REACH HONGKONG AFTER ANTIBRITISH RIOTS
HONGKONG, SAT A PARTY OF SEVENTEEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AMONG THEM TWO BABIES, ARRIVED 1 HONGKONG TODAY AFTER BEING EVACUATED BY AIR FROM CANTON WHERE THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE BURNED DOWN YESTERDAY IN ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS.
THE EVACUEES. REPORTED THAT DURING THE NIGH ALL WAS QUIET ON SHAMEEN ISLAND, THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENT, AFTER A DAY OF TERROR WHICH WEARY AND SHAKEN WOMEN DESCRIBED AS "THE WORST
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THE FOREIGN POPULATION OF CANTON KNEW YESTERDAY'S DEMONSTRATION WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE BUT EXPECTED IT WOULD BC PEACEFUL.
THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE NOT EXPECTED TO ENTER SHAMEEN ISLAND, THE PEARL RIVER FOREIGN "COLONY" AT CANTON, BUT THE DEMONSTRATORS RAN WILD AND "REDUCED PARTS OF SHAMEEN TO A SHAMBLES," THE EVACUEES SAID.
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