Hankow, July 23.
The Chinese authorities are ing every effort to provide transportation facilities for the evacuation of women and children from the #ankow area, The Ministry of Communications, besides running extra trains, is attaching extra coaches to regular trains proceeding from Wuchang and. Changsha for the benefit of passengers, ound for the south.
"At the same time, special trains are being run for wounded soldiers' and refugees. Steamship lines operating. between Hankow and Changsha and between Hankow, Ichang and Chimgking, have -been ordered to make extra runs to accommodate the large number of refugees.
"The populace have been urged by the Garrison Headquarters to eva: enate the Hankow area by junks, rickshaws, horse carriages and also by_foot—Reuter.
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