Tientsin, Dec. 2.
Chinese newspaper men here celebrated the first anniversary of the formation of the Press Club yesterday. Memibers of the club were hosts at a banquet for Japanese and Chinese officials last night.
At the banquet the club adopted resolutions expressing their deter-Thination to contribute to the establishment of "new order" in East Asia by their journalistic endeavours, to Support the new government and to assist in the "development of East Asiatic culture."—Domei, Convicts Endangered By Fire in Timber Yard Some 2,000 convicts at the Chinese Jail. on Rue, Stanislas Chevalier, threatened to/become panicky when a large fire bloke out in a Chinese owned timber yard in Lane 228, Avenue Dubdil, at 430 o'clock this afternoon. The timber is stored in the immediate vicinity of the Jail and had it not been for the prompt action on the part of the French Fire Brigade under Deputy Chief Officer G. Bossu, a very serious situation would have arisen in that it would have been necessary to evacuate the prisoners.
After fighting the fire for over two hours with nearly all the available equipment, the brigade finally brought it under control. No one was injured. The cause of the fre present being investigated by French Police.
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