To Guard British Property In Emergency Hankow, July 21.
The party of 110 British bluejackets and their officers, which set off from Kowloon by train on Monday. arrived here at 1020 last night, after an uneventful journey.
They will be accommodated tempora arily aboard the river vessels Loongwo and Wuhu.
The party includes eight officers, four of whom are midshipmen.
British naval authorities here reiterate that the party is intended merely to supplement the bluejackets already here, and they will only be called upon to do landing party duties in the event of an extreme emergency, such as a threat to British lives and property.—Reute:
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