The Archive · 1938

British Marines on Guard

'The foreign community, which include about 200. British ' subjects and some 80 Americans, were able to sleep peacefully last' night og a result of the action of the British naval "authorities, who landed a detachment of bluejackets from the British sloop Lowestoft (900 tons), While a squad maintained guard Gulside the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building, the remainder of the detachment stood by at the Chefoo Club.

'There wore no disturbances of any kind during the night} and) the Uluejackets returned to" their ship carly' this' morning.

At 1030 last night the American cruiser" Marblehead arrived here from Tsingtao, She was ordered to Chefoo by Admiral LIB. Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, following" the receipt of a report) that disorders had broken out in this el An investigation party from the Marblehead came ashore this mor nq, but returned {othe ship shortly afterwards, The reopening of the Japanese Consulate here "is expected. shortly, the Japanese Consul, who evacuated some months ago, Is said fo be returning aboard the Royoda Maru No, 18. His oelual date of arrival is_ unknown.

No foreign property was. touched curing the disorders on Saturda which followed the refusal of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to Grant an increase in pay to members the Peace Preservation Corps and the police force.—Router,

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