The Archive · 1937

LAST JAPANESE TO LEAVE HANKOW Consular Officials, Police Sailing To-day

Hankow, Aug. 10.

The complete" evacuation Japanese" nationals from. Hankow willie accomplished by to-morrow Jafternoon when remaining local and Uup-river Consular officials and their sais, including Consular potice, wit leave port.

large number of Japanese lett at 930 this evening in the Indo-China s, Loong Wo and the China Navigation s. Wuchang, while the remainder will be evacuated by a 'Japanese vessel sailing at 4 pin. tomorrow. The last batch will include Mr. Maisudaira, the' Acting Consul-

Meanwhile many Chinese have re~ turned to their homes in the Japanese Concession, which, except for the strict vigilance kept by the Chinese police, who are patrolling the area fand posted at all the approaches, appears to be very quict—Reuter, Swatow Evacuation Swatow, Aug. 13, The evacuation of Swatow by the Japanese was completed yesterday, when the Japanese Consul and a Jarge bateh'of Japanese.men, women and children "sailed aboard the Fukuken Maru, 'The Japanese Con-late has been placed under the protection of the Chinese, It ig believed that about seventy Formosans are still in the city, off hich "two Japanese destroyers' are ying.

ihe foreign Consular Body has urged the Chinese authorities to take Jevery precaution to prevent an me

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