Lives of Many Civilians Are at Stake The fate of Nantao still hung in the balance last night when it was learned that the plan for establishing a neutral zone there had not yet been fully agreed to by the warring parties, A strong hope was held out, however, by members of the international committee sponsoring the scheme that realization would be achieved by noon to-day.
Briefly, the plan provides for} making the northern portion of the so-called Native City a demilitarized and secure abode for Chinese refugees who are already in the area in large numbers. It a scheme obviously favoured by the French in Shanghai, who have extensive interests in Nantao and who have established military posts at the French Waterworks and Kiousin Dock, Tungkadoo, and at Siccawei.
In addition. there are several French mission properties in the ity," caring for thousands of Chinese, including the many charges of the Little Sisters of the Poor at their Home for the Aged in Avenue de Bezauer, Tungkadoo.
The International Committee of the Red Cross Society championing the plan, it is needless to say, is concerned only with the humanitarian endeavour of preventing the slaughter of innocent civilians in the district,
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