APORTS of the fall of Weihsi resulted in accelerating still Tsingtao, Jan, 2. y en, although unconfirmed, have further the exodus of Tsingtao's Chinese inhabitants, who fear possible Japanese vengeance for the destruction of Japanese property here. The vastness of the shift of population which is taking p! lace is illustrated by estimates that there are now only 50,000 Chinese in Tsingtao compared with the city's normal population of upwards of 300,000.
Although American nationals in Tsingtao have been advised by the State Department at Washington to evacuate, few of them are eager to leave. Since the Jap: on December 18, only 69 out of th consular district have evacuated, anese mills here were destroyed e 251 Americans in the Tsingtao 33 travelling by the warships Sacramento and Pope and 36 by merchant vessels.
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