Although no American trans-Pacific liners are definitely scheduled to approach Shanghai even as far as Woosung, those here who wish to travel to Honolulu or America are finding] it possible to do so by using local vessels for the first stage of the journey. Some are booking passage to Japan in the s. Nagasaki Maru © s. Shanghai Maru and catching the, ocean liners at Kobe or Yokohama, while others are going south to Hongkong by coast vessels and there connecting with trans-Pacific ships.
The Robert Dollar Line has definitely cancelled all calls at Shanghai for the time being. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has likewise cancelled the scheduled calls of their three trans-
Pacific ships, Chichibu' Maru, Tatsuta Maru, and Taiyo Maru. The Taiyo Maru will go only as far as Kobe on her westward passage, while the other two vessels will continue to Hongkong, omitting Shanghai.
The Canadian Pacific Line, the only other line with large passenger carriers on the Pacific is awaiting orders locally. According to previous arrangements, the s. Empress of Russia should arrive at Woosung on Tuesday next from Vancouver via Japan ports, but it is quite' likely that the vessel will be ordered to omit calling at Shanghai on her way to Hongkong, Students Charter Ship It was found that of the 400 or 500 who were to have sailed from Shanghai in the s. President Hoover and the s. President McKinley, less than 100 were Americans. As a result, the American Emergency Committee feel that it is unnecessary to make any immediate arrangements for further evacuation.
About 200 of the number were Chinese students who have long been delayed in their efforts to return to the United States to continue their work at various universities. Des-
Pairing of getting out of Shanghai on a Dollar liner, the 200 students, through the China Travel Bureau, are chartering the s. Tjinegara of the Java-China-Japan Line. This ship will carry them to Hongkong, leaving Shanghai on Sepjember 6. At Hongkong they will board the President Grant and President Coolidge for the trip across the Pacific. Nearly all the students except those going to Stanford University, will be late for autumn registration,
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