Washington, Sept. 6.
All Americans, without exception, had been warned to leave China, stated President Roosevelt at a press conference to-day aboard his yacht Indian. Sufficient time, he added, would be given them to take advantage of the facilities for evacuation, and the Government would not be responsible for their protection if they chose to remain. The President described the Sino-Japanese situation as an "awful mess."
—Reuter, by their right name armed attacks by one nation on another."—Reuter.
The effective boom across the Whangpoo River at Nantao is shown the top views, taken from the Chinese Bund with the permission of the Nantao Police authorities, Several scuttled Japanese river steamers and one Chinese vessel form a perfect barrier to shipping reaching from Small East Gate to Pootung. Below is shown one of the French gates, as seen from the Chinese side of Boulevard des Deux Republiques, with' barbed-wite and sandbag defences and French soldiers on duty.
Besides native French troops, colonials and Annamite: are guarding the boundary
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