BRITISH AT HANKOW

Evening Star, Issue 19464, 24 January 1927, Page 6

BRITISH AT HANKOW

TRADE TO BE RESUMED CONCILIATION EFFORTS Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. SHANGHAI, January 23. (Received January 24, at 9.55 a.m.) The British Chamber of Commerce at Hankow decided that the British banking and shipping companies and the merchants should resume trade on January 24. This decision was reached after consultation with Mr O’Malley. It was felt that this would be a gesture of confidence in the Chinese, and would assist in creating an atmosphere favorable to the negotiations in regard to the British concession which are now in progress. HUNAN PROVINCE BITTER ANTI-BRITISH FEELING. SHANGHAI, January 23. (Received January 24, at 10.30 a.m.) Advices from SiangLu, in the Hunan Province, state that there was a big anti-British parade there on January 16. The mob fired the Asiatic Petroleum 1 Company’s installation. The fire cdstroyed 2,000 tins of oil and the company’s buildings. Anti-Christian agitation is rampant. Many chapels were seized and stripped of their furnishings, and Bibles and tracts were torn up. MISS lON A RIES EVACUATE INTERIOR. PEKING, January 23. (Received January 24, at 12.40 p.m.) American missionaries are hastening to the coast from the interior of Fukien. It is expected that the province will be evacuated in a, fortnight. American women and children in the Foochow Consular District have been advised to evacuate, but only a few British have departed. REGIMENTS UNDER ORDERS. OFFICERS’ LEAVE CANCELLED. LONDON, January 23. ("Received January 24, at 12.40 p.m.) The Ist Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, and the First Border Regiments at Malta, have been ordered to bo ready to proceed to China. Officers on leave have been ordered to rejoin their regiments.