The Archive · 1937

CHRISTMAS. EXPRESS IN HONGKONG

Special Train Arrives With Hankow Refugees Hongkong, Dee. 25, The "Christmas Express," which lett Henkow. on Thursday with about 300 foreigners, arrived safely In Kowloon at 9 o'clock this morning.

'The train, which had on board 148 women, 85 children and 7 men from, Hankow, arrived at Chansha at. 11.30) on Thursday night and picked up. several foreigners who had booked passages through the Hankow committee, Tt continued its journey' at midnight and crossed the, loop tine orth of Canton at 4 this niorning.

Japanese planes, it is learned, subjected Changsha to severe bombing bhut apparently the ratlwot one of the objectives Jin passed through the city without a hitch, Among the foreigners from Hankow were 107 Britons, 96 Ameritans, 41 Germans, 25 Russians, 10 French, nine, Uallans, three Swedes and three Nor-

The next international train for Hongkong will leave on December 29; The necessary arrangements "have almost been completed, and hoped to evacuate about 300 persons

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