Kiukiang, Feb, 12. British and American sailors will be despatched to the mountain resort of Kuling to escort down the Lushan mountain third-Power nationals evacuating to Kiukiang at the request of the Japanese military authorities.
'A decision to this effect was reached here last night at a conference Kuling Time Limit Extended Shanghai, Feb. 9.
Japanese military authorities have expressed their willingness to consider the postponement of the time limit for the evacuation of Third Power: nationals from Kuling, set as February 0 ina note forwarded to the Shanghat Consular Body on February 1, a JJapanese Embassy spokesman [ounced yesterday.
The spokesman emphasized, how-lever, that the Japanese military authorities were not making any com-mirment regarding their military. operations. This, he added, must be clearly understood. Two factors had induced the Japanese military authorities to consider such postpone The frst, he said, was the failure! to establish satisfactory contact be-
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