Shgnghal, Dec. 21.
An_unconfirmed Chinese message reported yesterday. the Innding of the report and we are nly mildly Interested,"—United Press, them for the convictions Jabout 10.000. Japanese at about dawn which they hold. Spiritually there at Ta Yo Wan (Blas Bay) with tHe ttle difference between the mis parent Intention of advancing on sionaries and their respective gov-Waichow. and_Tsangmoutou to cut jemments, though formally the dis the Kowloon-Canton Railway. tinction may appear to be very wide.
The news was reported to have This distinction 1s necessary because jesused great excitement among the the missionaries must accept the residents in Canton, and crowds of re-responsibility and the risks of stayfturees were said to be fleeing from Ing. and free their governments from the city. fall implications as to their non-'Threat Not Immediate. acceptance of consular advice. This Canton, Dec. 20, means then' that If any incidents News that hostilities ate likely to occur they cannot "be used " as [break out in South China is spreading occasions for increasing. the tension {throughout the city following reports: between: Japan and Western govern: that. the landing of Japanese troops ments, Jat Bias Bay. the notorious pirate lair, "Tt is remarkable how few mis-Jsionarles who have stayed at their Steamers to Hongkong and Macao] post' have been injured in this are crowded with" excited Chinese present war." The native population eager to avoid what they believe may Jare extremely friendly. The - Japa [be a second Nanking disaster. nese soldiers have tried to avoid Chinese oMiclal sources at present injuring the foreigners when they refuse to comment on the reports of lentored. a city. threatened Japanese landing, but the The Japanese will try to enter-threat to Canton itself Is not con Hangchow by certain well known sidered immediate, Some sources main highways. It Is to. be honed Jsuecest that the first Japanese move that the Chinese forces will conduct }will be to cut the. Canton-Kowloon their defence in the external ap.
Railway, thus Isolating Canton from proaches to the city and avoid retire ing through the city, thereby pre-'Mr. A. P. Blunt, the British Consul-venting -the outbreak of hostilities General here, announced last week within the ety limits and thus that in the event of a Japanese threat mitigating the horrors of war caused {to Canton British women and children the Chinese troops using an would be requested to evacuate. utterly unfortified base as if it were Reuter is reliably informed that this fortifeation and thereby to a cer lorder has not yet been given, and that tain extent bringing unnecessary it will not be given until a'Japanese fuflering upon the elvilan "papule occurs, landing likely to affect Canton actually ton,
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