Anti-Fascist Group Attacked in French Colony Tunis, Sept. 21.
A serious incident took place here yesterday evening when members of the crew of the Italian training vessels Amerigo Vespucci. and Colombo, now anchored in Tunis, raided the premises of the "Italian League for the Rights of Man" and an anti-Fascist journal with offices in the same building.
The Secretary of the League, Sig. Joseph Miceli, who tried to resist, was killed. The sailors then ransacked all the furniture, The police were warned and captured a dozen Italian men. One, who tried to escape, was badly hurt when he fell through a glass roof, while another was shot in the lung.
The incident has aroused considerable comment in Tunis, and several meetings of the Popular Front took place but without further incident—Havas.
Embassy.
News of the warning by Admiral Hasegawa that Nanking would be bombed after noon to-day became known last night, and caused thousands of civilians to make a hurried departure from the city. The exodus continued throughout the day. There has also been a considerable moving away from the area of military establishments to residential sections—Reuter.
Admiral H. E. Yarnell, Commander-in-Obiet of the American fleet here, announced last, night that the gunboats Luzon and Guam had not left Nanking. "He stated that neither ship would move unless and until artillery fire and bombing from planes made this necessary.
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