and a Norwegian have sought asylum aboard the Japanese destroyer Hinoki from the British Consulate According to these foreign refugees; Southern soldiers gathered] at the British Consulate and assault the Consul and killed the Port Officer, so 10 foreigners including: the four refugees referred to above escaped from the Consulate building to the Socony Hill whence they' ran for shelter, crossing]
ity Walls. The fate of the remaining six foreigners is not} known. ing but refrained from replying' anti 340 pin, when H. M.S. Emerald and the U.S. S. No, 343 and No. 344, all destroyers, being unable to endore any longer, started shelling, aiming at.the vicinity of Socony Hill.
As soon as the bombardment was started by the foreign battleships, Chinese warships stationed in the neighbourhood, hurriedly took to ight, and soon no people were seen on either shore of the River, when large number of American bluck jackets appeared on Socony Hill, from where they exchanged signals with the foreign warships. These] American bluejackets helped foreign refugees out of the City Walls by Jetting them down by ropes of cloth!
Hinoki, It also appears that tha bluejackets in the British Consulate have not yet returned to their ship. Later on the four British residents oars the Hinoki were convoyed. to a British destroyers, "After sunset, the Britis all [American warships kept their searchlights trained tu all directions. 'The foreign warships which entered! the port during the melee are Ht My 8. No, 98, the U. 8. 8, Isabel, the flag ship of the Yangtze Pateol, and the French warship, Ararute, 'AIL the hulks at Hsiakian have' been looted by Southern soldiers."—Toho.
HoncKono, Mar. 24:—H, M, 8, Brace with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla has arrived—Reuter,
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