Honolulu, Oct. 11.
Forty American passengers en route to the Orient remained here today when the s. President Coolidge sailed for Shanghai last night, The passengers cancelled their p sage to China and Japan after receipt of replies to messages sent to the United States and China following the Washington enouncement that all non-essential Americans should leave the Far East.
Mr, Frank P. Lockhart, United States Consul-General in Shanghai, returning to China from a vacation in the United States, said that he had not received any specific instructions regarding the evacuation of Ame: cans from: the Far East. This, he said, indicated that it was a matter of personal discretion and official order. His wife, howeve one of the 40 passengers who decided to return to the United States.
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