At the outbreak of hostilities, som of the dairies in the danger zone succeeded in evacuating. partly completely, their animals to withifil the safety area. Others remained and their fate is at present unknown About 950 evacuees left Shanghai yesterday morning in the s. Empress Canada bound for Hongkong. in addition to Britons, these included many other nationals but the majority of the passengers were women and children, The passengers assembled at three stations before 9 am. and were carried by three tenders om the French Bund to the destroyers H.M.S, Duchess and H.M.S. Duncan, which took them down the river to the Empress of Canada the Woosung anchorage. Once ai British sailors played an important part in helping with the luggage and teking care of the women and chil-
It is estimated that over 18,000 residents of Shanghai have evacuated since the beginning of hostilities here.
This figure includes some 10,000 panese who have gone to Japan or Korea After haphazard arrangements for reception of the firet batch of evacuees from Shanghai in the s Rajputana, Hongkong organized a committee to take care of the in flooding refugees and when the Em-pres: arrived with the se and hi hings ran more smoothly according to a Briton who returned m the Colony yesterday in the Sphinx
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