safety, The river was crowded with boats, the majority carrying refugees cross towards the launches, lighters fand other craft fining the length of the British Bund, on which more refugees were already packed like sardines.
Owing to the danger of the boats capsizing, the British police permitted a large proportion of the refugees to proceed along the barricaded Bund {o the former German ares The Japanese bombardment ceased at nightfall, thus allowing the anxious inhabitants of Tientsin night's peaceful rest, General Li Ching-yang, newly-appointed Chief of Police, yesterday summoned all. constables to a. con~ ference, at which he urged them to return to duty wearing their black winter uniforms in order" to dis Uinguish them from the khaki-clad Peace Preservation Corps.
People in certain districts in the Chinese city had greater freedom of movement yesterday, but they avoid fed the main thoroughfares owing 10 frequent bursts of rifle fre, Meanwhile, General Kao Ling-wet has been appointed head of the newly-formed Peace Maintenance Society Franco-Japanese Incident 'A minor incident involving the French and Japanese occurred yes terday. Japanese troops, who hi Spanish Loyalists Send
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