A la Carte to Hankow and from here to places upriver are fully booked up.
Contrary to certain rumours in circulation here, Reuter is informed that Britons in Kiukiang and Kuling have not been requested to evacuate, and it is generally felt that many weeks must elapse before Kiukiang is seriously threatened.
The British gunboat Cockchafer Fathers Pahony, Modest, Alesey and Deacon Bortzevich officiated, assisted by the Russian Choir. The casket was carried to.the grave by Messrs. F. Lesnin, F. Lushnikoff, A. Nicolaevsky and V. Sheveleff.
Funeral arrangements were under ihe direction of the International Funeral Directors, continues to stand by at Kiukiang, while the Americans also have a gunboat there,—Reutei Manchoukuo's Trade French Deny Secret Pact With China Paris, June 13.
Reports apparently spread in Tokyo regarding a secret agreement reached in Paris, under which France would help China financially and supply her with war material and military and technical aid, were denied in authoritative French circles today.—Reuter.
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