Shop Fronts: Blown in by Force of Explosion Hongkong, Aug. 13.
At five o'clock this morning the whole of Macao was thrown into a state-of alarm by a terrific explo-Jsion when the Government ammuni. tion depot in the Flora flew up.
Aug. 14.
The latest reports from Macao indicate. that the explosion at the Government ammunition depot there yesterday had far more orions results than was at first thought.
Among those killed were the Portuguese Sergeant-Major in jeharge of the magazine, a Public Works overseer and his nephew, two Portuguese children, two Afiican guards and 19 Chinese, 'The Sergeant-Major lived $00) yards away from the ammunition dump but he was killed instantly and his wife and son were seriously injured, "Among others seriously hurt are' (Major Gongulha and his wife and two other artiller ive Africans received minor teen Berepenne, 38 Chinese an Te is thought that the explosion sha {Was due to spontaneous combustion caused by the extreme heat, The damage is estimated to be at least Residents state that the explosion shook Macao like an earthquake and that, shortly afterwards a pall -of smoke settled over the town. Portions of shattered concrete from the magazine reached a radius of 300 yards from the scene of the explo-trees of their foliage, There was hardly a house in the district that escaped. without damage of some sort.—Reuter, the assailants. of the foreigners—United Press, From *Oun Own Comrsroxoet London, Aug, 17.
Only the barest details of the attack made on a British and two American ladies and four British men having been received by Foreign Office, officials at Whivehal Jare unable to' appraise the importance of the incident. Prom. information receive it is understood thatthe British and "American consuls-general in Hankow are actting energetically to obtain the necessary redress. The incident is not officially regarded "as on. the same plane as the disappearance of Mr. J. H. Thorburn, Feeling is ranning high among the British community' of Hankow Jat the failure of the Chinese authorities to act in the recent incident in the ex-German Concession when one British and two American women were manhandled bby a mob, and severely beaten.
'As a result, a strongly-worded petition has been sent to. Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, drawing his attention to the incident and to the possibility of increasing trouble in' fature fun legs the Chinese officials con-teemed are punished.
The petition reads: "Urgently request the personal attention the Foreign Secretary towards, the increasing. insecurity to British la Hankow as exemplified ident on the sixth instant [when in the Chinese-administered ex-German concession district they were quietly proceeding homewards one. British woman was! indecently. assaulted and eaten, and four British men were attacked fand one seriously injured by coolies [supported by the Chinese police, Jong later, at the police station, were forcibly refused permission to communicate with the Consul by the police. superintendent, "Tt is imperative to. note that this is the culmination of a series of incidents based on the assump-ion, according to, the statement the Chief of Police after the McBride case, that extraterritorial ity in Hankow has been abolished. Tu-any case, the bestial, unchecked attack on a woman is unpardonable fand must lead to incidents productive of grave issues and unless the [Chinese officials concerned in the present incident are. punished. ex-of emplarily and the impression creat-led among the Chinese authorities is "defitely corrected major dents of a like nature-are inevit-
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