MEETING OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FAVOURS EVACUATION
In Spite of Ambassador’s Warning HUGE PROSPECTIVE LOSS IN YANGTSE VALLEY OFFICIAL CHINESE FIGURES By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. ' SHANGHAI, .June 28. A mass, meeting' of British subjects held today in the Foochow treaty port favoured evacuation, though the British Ambassador urged the Consul to dissuade them because of the difficulty of returning once they left. The destroyer H.M.S. Daring is standing, by. ‘ The Japanese Consul-General in Swatow today announced that foreign ships will be temporarily prohibited in the harbour because of the necessity of maintaining peace and order. . Official Chinese figures released in Shanghai show that the British Empire will lose £5,743,000 yearly if Japan is allowed ' to impose a blockade, similar 1o that now enforced in Canton, along the Yangtse Valley.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1939, Page 7
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127MEETING OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FAVOURS EVACUATION Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1939, Page 7
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