It is a fact beyond question, how: lever, that no business of any kin Jean be carried on in Hankow to-day. No property is safe against the mob, And yesterday, on top of his further assurances of safety _and declarations that foreign firm: should reopen and carry on ttpir business as usual, comes the announcement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Consular Body here, notifying the latter that the Nationalist Government will not be responsible for the safety of} foreign property in this city.
It is now the opinion of foreign fers in this port that the Government here is mentally unbalanced, De. clarations with regard to safety are] cancelled the next day; and assur-lances are belied by propaganda parades through the streets, Th actions of the Government are Jspeaking louder than its words, and from its actions it is evident' that all foreigners will be compelled to evacuate this city within the next month at the very limit, There is no safety of any kind here except that provided by the foreign gunboats, The Chinese officials here have no desire and no intention. of giving protection to foreign lif
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