BRITONS TO LEAVE
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Cabinet Considers Plans For Shanghai Evacuation DEFENCE OF SETTLEMENT
(By Telegrapb-
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(Received 24 8.45 a.m.) LokDON, Aug. 23. Mr Chamberlain, owing tb tho gravity of the Shanghai situation, will return to London on Wednesday and Will cbnfBr with Mr Edetl and othef niembGrs of the Cabinet. They will consider plans to remove the entifb British civilian -populatibn, nnmberihg 9237, from ShanghaL The presenco of eivilians in thc heart of the war zone sei'iously embarrasses the naval and military authorities arrahging to protect the British settlement, With its £100,000,000 worth of pfbperty, from flres, tehells and bombs. Satisfactory feplies were received from other nations, except Japah^ td the British proposals to form an int'ernational force to protect thb Settlement. Mr Chamberlain will report the situation fully tb his Majesty at Balmoral next week*end. A Hbiigkong message states that 2000 refugees arrived from Shanghai. All are quartered in private homes and public buildings; some are even dwelling in the raceeourse grandstand. . The confu'sion has ended but food pfices afb rising, leading to a demand for Governmeht cofttfol. Food hoardiiig is prevalent.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 186, 24 August 1937, Page 7
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