Following a dispute bet ricsha coolies at Hankow ye Peking, April 4, veen Ji japanese bluejackets and Chinese terday afternoon, serious rioting broke! out in the Japanese Concession, Japanese marines we re landed and were forced to empl.y] machine-gun fire to disperse the mobs, Twelve Chinese are reported to have been ied, There is intense excitement throughout Hankow. The Japanese residents, who number on board any vessel available. ore than 2,000, are hastily evacuaties, Mobs are setting fire to Japai nese godowns, All Americans ave also evacuating on board river vessels.
—Reuter,
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