WORK OF VOLUNTEERS
TRIBUTE TO EFFICIENCY
TRYING CONDITIONS
(British Official-Wireless.)'
(Received 4th February,.; 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 3rd February.
Press telegrams from Shanghai state that further artillery and rifle,firing occurred in the Hongkew area in the neighbour-' hood of the station this afternoon. Many Japanese 'planes were overhead, engaged in artillery spotting.. Shell fragments fell in the Settlement. A battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders arrived in the H.M.S. Berwick from Hong Kong, and marched to their quarters. The United States cruiser Houston also reached port. Other Shanghai messages pay tributes to the calmness of the men and women volunteers under the trying conditions and their efficiency in running emergency organisations. Great sympathy is felt for the inoffensive Chinese women, and every effort possible is being made locally to relieve their distress. . Volunteers • who are engaged on essential patrol work are reported to be perfecting, a difficult taßk with the' utmost tact.
The newspapers here express the hope that yesterday's developments will cause prompt relief to a situation which has roused world opinion in' an unmistakable manner.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1932, Page 11
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