Hankow, July 11.
"There is absolutely no question of the evacuation of Britons from Hankow," declared the British Acting Consul-General, Mr, C. E, Whitamore, when interviewed by Reuter in connection with the Japanese request for the withdrawal of foreigners from seven zones in the Hankow area.
"We consider it up to the Japanese," Mr. Whitamore added, "to take very great precautions."
The American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, stated laconically: "I have received no notification of the Japanese request, but doubtless our attitude will be the same as many times before regarding similar requests."
Sir Arthur Blackburn, Chinese Counsellor, arrived here this morning by plane from Hongkong to join H.M. Ambassador, Sir Archibald Kerr.
—Reuter.
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