,|By Italian Envoy Madrid, Oct. 12.
In the Throne room of ceremony in the Royal Palace, Marshal de Bone, special Italian envoy to Spain, yesterday handed to: General Francisco Franco, head of the new Natiomlist employees at the companies' expense.
In connection with the evacuation of Americans from China it was learned that several members of the American embassy staff in Peiping are preparing to leave the old capital to return to America.
According to the press reports Americans desirous of leaving Shanghai would have to do so at their own expense, It was also reported that financial assistance might be rendered to those in straightened circumstances, who would have to refund the money at some future date.
Emergency Voyage Seen New York, Oct. 12. The s, Washington will sail from here on Thursday on an emergency dash to Shanghai to aid in the evacuation of American nationals from China, waterfront circles reported here today.
Plans to send the large liner to Shanghai, it was understood, have been under discussion in the State Department in Washington during the past few days. Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, told the press m Washington yesterday that he was in daily conference with shipping executives regarding plans for speeding up the evacuation of Americans from the Far East, Mr, Hull said that he was arranging transportation facilities to afford early passages for all Americans who comply with the State Department's advice to evacuate the Orient.
Asked if the United States planned to reinforce the U.S. Marine forces in Shanghai, Mr. Hull said that "all phases of United States relations in Shanghai have received attention from time to time."
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