Hankow, June 11.
That a start has already been made with the evacuation of Hankow was confirmed yesterday by a spokesman of the Chinese Government who added, however, that it was a question for the moment of the transport fof refugees who had flocked into the city from Honan and Anhwei.
According to a reliable estimate, 10,000 of these refugees left Hankow yesterday. "A further 20,000 are ex-peeled to leave during the next two or three days, Chinese civil servants have been instructed to hold themselves readiness to Teave with their families at-any moment. The roads leading
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