to today's reports remains twoabated, and Japancre ave still be-Ing evacuated out of their Confession. As a result of the riots which took place on Sunday and Boring which Japanese naval parties were compelled to fire upon the mob Information has been received from reliable sources in Nanking {that on Monday and Tuesday Nation-list soldiers in uniform were seen aking property from foreign residence, As the anti-foreign fee! ing is strongly evident inside the city and a big demonstration was swith machine gues, it is bell.d planned for Tuesday the situation Phot actual number's of casualties i not Yegarded as improving in any feannot be ascer: ained, but fairly' way.
Zellable reports indicate that ten 'A Northern Counter-attack Ghinese were killed and many Reliatle information also has wounded, and that the Japanese been received that on April 3, the Ragualties include two killed, two Northern forees counter-attacked the} wounded and seven missing, the Southerners in the neighbourhood of Tatter believed to be held as hostaxcs Kuantien, on the Tientsin-Pukow at the present time. The Japanese] railway, "and as a result of this Country Club, Japanese Hospital! extensive battle line 200 wounded and Japanese Wood Oil Godowns: have been brought into Nanking. were looted and burnt the day] American missionaries who passed following the viots, Yesterday evening came news that the large! through Nanking from Chuchow fond important Mitsu, Bussan Kaisha] their way down to Godown in the ex-German Conces-ported there that the evionel in the 4th Division of the Second ion had also been first looted then Durnt, Armed parties then camera ever ater, Japanese gunboats now Ta, ho. had secon come from Nanking to (auchow, bad Concession which is reported. to be surrounded by Chinese. soldiers. admitted their vespoasibility in the Nanking outrages and that theze So for there have been no dis had been committed by Nationalist} turbances in the British Concession, troops. Their attitude was one of which has remained quiet "lthoush extreme anxiety as to the action of Duslneso fs reported to be a; aa et the Foreign Powers in consequence, fire standstill and all British and it is said. It is also believed that SArericnn members of the eor: miane the Nanking outrages were deliber-concentrated near the river ately planned by the Nationalist] any for possible evacuation should party from amongst the leaders who "be thought necessary.
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