The Archive · 1937

Nanking Remains Normal

No Evacuation of Foreign Nationals Considered Reuter's correspondent inspected the wreck of one Japanese plane [shot down near the Kuanghuamen aerodrome. All its éecupants were burnt beyond recognition, while pieces" were being torn from the wreck by country folk seeking souvenirs.—Trans-Ocean, Nanking, Aug. 13, Despite the circulation of wild rumours concerning the Shanghai situation, Nanking remains normal and calm, giving little indication of the, possibility of major hostilities, Enquiries at the foreign Embassies reveal that no plans have yet been gande for the evacuation of foreign Dationals here. The foreign author! leg are all evidently "sitting tight."

'Arrangements will be very com-pileated if evacuation is ordered, it is stated, since foreigners must be sent upriver, probably to Hankow, where they can' travel to Canton, by train. The alternative route is by motor-ear from Nanking to Foochow.

There ore at prosont four foreign warships in Nanking, comprising two British, the Falcon and the Capetown, tone American and one French, There fare no Japanese warships—Reuter,

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