Show WARSHIPS SPEED TO HANK HANKO OW NE rioTs I u. u S. S and British Boats Clear for Action if If Mobs Become Violent SITUATION IS GRAVE I Americans Are re Unmolested ed English to Enter Concession By United Press Grave International developments today necessitated the dispatch of of British naval reInforcements ts to trade capital of of central China where Chinese mobs wt ve reported to have Invaded the BrItish concession concesion Naval vessels pr in- in eluding American gunboats were en route up the Yangtze river fr from m Shanghai and anda a British destroyer and two cruisers had be n ordered to from American rican anc and British ff rEgul regularly d at H to to I lax y 1 the f it r I fi and Banyan Hanyan i adjacent cities at the confluence Of of- I Continued on page 8 1 I I WARSHIPS SP SPEED m HANKO NE RIOTS REPORTED ContInued from page 1 1 the Nan and Yangtze rivers have been proclaimed the n nationalist capital ot of China b by tiro tte Cantonese authorities t HA KOW Jan 5 United Press oats today United States gun gunboats were anchored oft this turbulent city aw awaiting the possible necessity ot of going into action to protect American property from Chinese mobs whose already has taken form In vIolence against and the British concession conces- conces sion CLASH WITH BRITISH United States property had not been affected nor had the Japanese and French concessions been violated vio- vio today because of the anti anti- British which began Monday with a clash between natives and British sailors and marines from the gunboats Magnolia V and Bee Suburban were summoned summoned sum sum- to come inside the concessIon concession conces- conces sIon so their protection might be facilitated The riotous Chinese removed the concession barrier wall bor bordering on native territory Local British officers exasperated exasperated by the unruly spirit of the Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese said the attitude ot of the Cantonese Cantonese Can Can- nationalist troops during the early arly disorder had been tantamount to a declaration of war PEKING Jan 5 United Press The U. U S S. S destroyer Ford was proceeding to today where troops of the northern Chinese forces were looting the city while evacuating it is a city ot of on the Yangtze river fifty miles southwest of Jan 5 United The Press British destroyer Wishart Wis- Wis hart and the cruisers Vindictive and Carlisle sailed for tor today WA WASHINGTON Jan 5 AP- AP It Is estimated here that or 01 more Americans Americans' arc living living- In Han Han- kow or Its suburbs main In across the rIver from lIanea Considerable Considerable Con Con- number ot of these make their homes in the British conces- conces sion Additional American war vessels were sent t to the vicinity a week or r two ag ago to be held available available avail avail- able for the tho protection of American Ameri- Ameri can nationals and for their evacuation evacuation should the need arise The American consulate at Han Han- kow is located on the old Russian n concession Extraterritorial rights in connection with that concession were surrendered by the Russians and the con consulate has been In an anarea anarea area policed by the Chinese author author- Dispa Dispatches ot of the last day pr pr two lave tave not Indicated that demonstrations demonstrations and rioting were directed at atthe atthe the American consulate or that there had been any disturbance In its immediate vicinity I |