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COMMUNISTS MENACE CITY GRAVE SITUATION IN CHINA WARNING FROM AMERICA By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Shanghai, July 31. Following the evacuation, looting, and burning of Changsha on Monday the Communist armies repeated their action at Nanchang and Nankang and Jre now advancing on Kiukiang, necessitating the evacuation of 400 foreigners at Ruling, a summer mountain resort, by the express orders of the British authorities. The State Department at Washington has informed the Nanking Government that in the event of American lives and property being lost, America reserves all rights in the mattci. The situation on the Yangtse is becoming grave, says another message. The Communists are advancing towards the southern bank in the vicinity of Kiumang, consequently imperilling Ruling. The' British destroyers Somme and Sirdar have been hurriedly ordered from Wei Hai Wei to Nanking to relieve the other gunboats destined for the up-river ports. The position is pregnant with tragic possibilities.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1930, Page 9
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