BRITISH AT HANKOW

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23088, 13 July 1938, Page 13

BRITISH AT HANKOW

REFUSAL TO DEPART OFFICIAL INTIMATION ONUS UPON JAPANESE (Received July 12. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 12 The acting British Consul at Hankow has intimated that there is no question of British residents evacuating Hankow. It is up to the Japanese to take all precautions. It is understood this is also the official American attitude. Tho Japanese forces advancing along the Yangtse are within 10 miles of Kiukiang, where the Chinese are destroying everything likely to be of assistance to the Japanese. This is causing fears for foreign property, including the British wharves and warehouses. Flying at 10,000 ft., Japanese bombers carried out an exceptionally accurate hour's raid on Canton, the first for nearly a month. The Wongsha district was the chief sufferer, although tho previous evacuation minimised the casualties. The greatest havoc was among the junks and sampans at the riverside. Scores of houses were demolished, as well as the North Station, the damage to which is likely to rupture the Hankow railway service. Twenty aeroplanes simultaneously bombed Wuchang.