BRITISH EMBASSY
REMOVAL TO SHANGHAI
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received December 4, 1 p.m.)
RUGBY, December 3.
The British Embassy in China i* being moved to Shanghai for the time being ,and the Charge d'Affaires, Mr. R. G. Howe, and the Embassy party have left Hankow for Hong Kong. Mr. B E F. Gage is remaining to maintain contact with the Chinese Foreign Office.
The Japanese authorities have given an assurance that every care will be taken to safeguard the train on which the party is travelling. The French Consulate is also travelling by the same train. ' The first part of the • journey will take about two days, and the remainder, from Hong Kong to Shanghai, will be made by steamer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 135, 4 December 1937, Page 10
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