A vanguard of fifty American refugees evacuating the Far East arrived here last night in a Canadian Pacific liner.
Most of the American the majority of whom were women and children, declined to discuss their experiences in the Far East, saying they feared retaliation against friends arid relatives still living in Japan and China, Mr. H, T. Stonelake, a London missionary, said the liner was forced to remain' outside Yokohama har-hour for two dayS because of Japanese naval manceuvres.
Mr. G. Ryan, manager of the Bank of Riga in Latvia until the Soviet occupation of that country, said he observed huge Russian troop concentrations along the Manchoukuo frontier, He said German Army officers were among the passengers in his train crossing Siberia from Europe—United Press.
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