gram to The Shipping Board regarding the situation in China claims that the Dollar Line has ample ton: nage and accommodation to cope with any demands that may arise through the aggravation of Oriental i says the "Nautical '(New York) of April 16. the text of Mr. Dollar's "Regarding China situation: Europeans and Americans who have been in interior ha practically all moved to Shanghai because they are unable to continue their former occupations a3 situation in interior has" become impossible and they are anxious to return to their homes in America, There has been con-iderable talk about there not being sufficient tonnage and passenger accommodations to take care of these people, Want to assure you We have ample tonnage and accommodations to take care of all Americans in China. Furthermore we have just arranged to bring home on our steamer Pr sident Pierce, sailing from Shan, hai on April ninth, three hundred Americans in third class accommodation. This is in addition to our firstelass accommodations, We are also arranging to bring home on each of our following steamers somewhere between three hundred and five hundred Americans, and have ample space to take care of whatever demands may be made on us. We also have ample tonnage and space and are prepared to take out to China any number of troops, officers, and supplies for our Govern Probably you would Li this s0 that you can, various departments prepared to handle the situation, as before long they will undoubted. ly be receiving information from China and would like them to have firsthand information from us as to our exact situation. You can assure them that whatever the emergency may be, they can depend on us to meet it and we are holding ourselves in readiness to take care of their requirements, Have talked with Colonel Bash, of Transport Service here, and told him they could call on us for anything they required. The only thing we do ask is that we be allowed to handle our ships and this business ourselves, as we feel that we can do it more efficiently than anyone else, R, SraNteY DOLLAR."
Mr. O'Connor has relayed this message to the War Department to refute current reports that the Government is concerned on account of lack of transport to meet emer-agencies in the Far East, Tue Political Committee of the office of the Commander-in-Chief of jonalist Navy which, a few igo, attempted to secure information regarding the "North-China Daily News", has protested against certain " Japanese naval occyarde repatcing gunboats be. longing to the enemy, viz, the Pechihli Squadron, which were dam~ aged in the course of a fight with the Nationalist fleet some weeks ago.
ON 'Thursday afternoon at the Shantung Road Hospital, in the presence of Chinese and' foreign members of the staff, Yin Ching-pao received his diplomas on the completion of his training as a qualified nurse. Mr. ©, M, Bain, chairman of the Hospital Commit: tee, made the presentation. Mr. Bain encouraged the graduate to continue his good service for his fellow-countrymen, and always to uphold the good name of the old traditions, hospital which hay such splendid to his wounds at the St. Mari Hospital.
The Trench police add that thanks to the information and assiatanco given to the police by Mr. Ekdahl, the American resident in question, that the robbers living wt the address indicated were captured and that the son of an honourable Chix nese family was delivered from the hands of his captors. ae
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