TRAGIC POSSIBILITIES
(Received Ist August, 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI, 31st July. The situation on the Yangtse is becoming graver, news indicating that the Communists are advancing toward* the southern bank in the vicinity of Kiukiang, consequently imperillingKuling, a foreign holiday resort ea route. Some four hundred holiday- ! makers-have been advised immediately; ito evacuate. ' The British destroyer! Somine and Sirdar have been hurriedly, ordered from Weihaiwei to Nanking to relieve other gunboats destined for upriver ports. The position is pregnant with tragic possibilities.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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81TRAGIC POSSIBILITIES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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