Tsingtao, Sept, 17.
Amazement has been caused here by a message from Tientsin giving a Japanese spokesman's statement on conditions is Tsingtao. The spokesman, who was reported to have based his statement on despatches from this port, appears to have been misinformed.
Among other things, he is alleged to have said that the streets in Tsingtao were deserted, except for police patrols; that many British families had evacuated the port; that many Americans were leaving between September 22 and 27; and that the American Consul had warned Americans he would not be responsible for those remaining after September 27.
The United States Consul here. Mr. Sokobin, denies that he has issued a warning in the sense reported, and claims that he has been "misinterpreted.
Every protection, he declar be given to Americans in but he cannot guarantee evacuation facilities in future because of the tuation in China, Meanwhile, it is stated that the only Americans leaving between September 22 and 27 are the dependents of naval officers and men, and that the only British families who have evacuated were mostly summer visitors.
Alsb,- contrary to the spokesman's information, the streets here are not deserted. In fact, their appearance is much the same as usual.—Reuter.
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