Japanese in Full Control Fires East of Creek Shanghai, Aug. 23.
Dark and shell-torn, Hongkew presented an abject and tense aspect last night when a representa tive of the "North-China Daily Nows" visited the district. Japanese patrols moved silently through the "streets and sentries stood motionless at the corners, their rifles always horizontal, while the baynels would occasionally reflect the light of the moon, Broadway showed no signs of life and here and there would be seen piles of debris on the footpaths. But it was in the streets running at right angles to Broadway that most of the damage had been done in the bombardment of the last two days. All roads were closed as far Refugees Sent Out of Shanghai Shanghai, Aug. 23.
Fu, char~ tered by Mr, Vu Ya-ching, left from the French Bund at 245 pin. yesterday and at 530 pin. information had been received that they had safely passed Woosung. The Shin Fu carried 2,000 Chinese refugees and the Hsin Peking over 1,200.
Atrangements are being made for between 5,000 and 6,000 more refugees to be shipped to-day.
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