Hankow, Jane 18 The Acting British Constl-General, Mr, C, E, Whitamore, ealled.a meet ing of all Dritons in Hankow at 6 o'clock this afternoon to. discuss malters-relating to the present situa than.
Mr. W. 8. Dupree, chairman of the Foreign Residents Association, opened the meeting. He sold that the uneer-fainties ahead necessitated. that arrangements should be made to meet emergencies.
Last January, Mr. Dupree declared, plans nad been discussed for some Appropriate organization to arrange for the safeguarding of British lives fand interests, It was. felt, however, that a broader outlook should adopted, which would embrace all foreign properties.
The outeore, the chairman stated, was that the Interested Consuls had couterred with a view to formulating an International Emergency Council.
"This council was to undertake general civie functions in special ad-Ininistrative districts in Hankow with the object of assisting to maintain order through Volunteer" Special Police (on a precedent which had Tsingtao), already been successfully adopted in
Mr. Dupree stated that the Foreign Residents Association, which International in. character, was managed by a committee consisting fof representatives of the British,
"American: Frenchy "Germans, "Russians © and There were also several sub-committees in charge of such matters as food, finance, transportation, patrolling. and -concentration.
'The {ull details of the Foreign Re~ sidents' Association's emergency scheme, he concluded, stil! awaited completion,
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