The robbers, who spoke Chekiang dialect, did not fire any shots, Hankow, June 15.
ESPITE the Japanese threat to Hankow, the morale in the Wuhan cities is excellent, and it is difficult to realise that hostilities may soon approach this centre.
About two to three hundred of Hankow's 1,200 foreigners, however; are expected to evacuate aboard a special "international train" to leave here on June 24.
One hundred and fifty names of various foreign residents have already been registered with the Foreign Residents' Association. including several Russian "taxi" dancers from local cabarets.
The train is expected to proceed straight to Kowloon without touching at Canton.
Except for the preparations of those about to evacuate, life in the foreign community continues much as usual. although stagnation of business is tending to make office hours slack. Several smaller firms have begun the shedding their daily cares with such relaxations as are available.
The populace is uncertain what is in store for them during the next few months, but at present they are cheerily making the best of a difficult practice of closing in the afternoons, while occasionally a foreign tobacco company works on the basis of a four-day week.
The cost of living is soaring higher and higher. This is mainly reflected in the price of alcohol, cigarettes and imported luxuries generally. Foreign firms bringing tinned and other goods from Hongkong by rail and lorry are, compelled to charge stiff prices in order to cover their expenses on -account of transport and exchange dificult A case of beer, which formerly sold at $16, today fetches over $40.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.