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Consul and and- Party of 23 Escape fJ Under Heavy Fire Fir S r Chinese Tear Clothes From F A American W Women c o S w 5 rom omen l' l i t S 'S and Loot Homes tl i fV It T Continued from page 1 i the Chinese as thoroughly S S l I has not been ascertained wh whether ther or not the safe has been forced and andS S the codes ost Jost WOMEN OMEN A TACKED ATTACKED l. l ij Brutal of many Americans Including women by C Chinese lInese s soldiers In nationalist i 4 i rm at was officially reported re- re 5 ported to the navy tay by Admiral Williams who forS for for- S o. o a report made to him by j Rear Admiral Hough at 1 was stripped from the J w men and they were otherwise treated the report said adding 1 that In one Instance a Cantonese 1 tt officer shot down clown a French prIest his pistol S At so tar far as Is known wn Admiral Hough saId In his statement state state- ment all aU American missions and homes have been looted The following American property 5 S i known wn to ha have ve been burned aYot 5 t The al seminary 1 1 The Hillcrest school S The liThe residences of Hucheson and 5 A H. H J 1 l S SSt St f The majority ot or the American AmericanS S j consulate there looted o wantonly S d l b by the solers sol sol- o t r lers In uniform S. S Mil Many Americans including wo- wo f nien nt were treated with the greatest by soldiers In the nation nation- 1st 1st unIform who toro tore off the coth- coth 4 Ing and lse maltreated them S Pra Practically a. a all of the outrages were committed by soldiers In the 4 nationalist uniform and In one inS In- In S stanco cL-stanco stan vaI as reported the nh of a priest by a Cantonese S of officer ticer S ri Preparations for a bombardment bY American and British ships at atS S N have been postponed until S tomorrow because or a partial evacuatIon evac- evac of the city by foreigners which has been effected S Notice had been served on the theS S j Cantonese antonese c commanders at S 0 that salient military points w ud S. S l be shelled unless immediate guaran guaran- 5 t tc tees s of safety for Cor foreign life Ufe were t furnished The bombardment was j f to have begun In late te this a afternoon S t-t t The decision to postpone the drasS dras- dras r tic action decIded upon was reached S by the American and British naval when it was vas seen that concrete results had followed the announcement of their firm st. t AMERICANS MAY LEAVEt LEAVE t Rear Admiral Ir H. I i. i Rough Hough the American commander reported to the navy department that the Japanese Japanese Jap- Jap anese In were 1 their evacuation that missing BritS Brit Brit- j marines Were coming out of the thel S l city and that there was a fair PosS pos pos- S i that Americans who took In university would j tonight S f The admirals admiral's report dated at 50 p. p m. m time said 1 As a a. result of the strong S taken today by the forces here the theor or are beginning to come S 1 the city t d- The Japanese are completing their a evacuation tonight The Brit Brit- I Ish consul general and the I If marines are now coming off to the H. H M 1 S. S Emerald It Is now c cn- cn na n- n S a fair possibility that the ther Americans who took refuge In r f will be be 2 university evac- evac to the ships the destroy lestroy- destroyers ers ers Preston and Noa and the conJ con con- J 5 5 0 yacht Is bel tonight 7 In view liew 0 of this We are S further con of acS ac- ac S tiun to tomorrow Admiral Hou Rough h set forth the terms ot of the demands made upon the Chinese authorities They were we Immediate First of aU all foreigners and property Second R Second Reporting on board the Emerald of the Cantonese In command before tonight to lo the outrage all eigners to be brought to the bund waterfront under escort by tomor- tomor row If these demands are not om- om plied with will be treated as a military area What steps Hough and the commander corn com mander of the Emerald plan to take taketo to enforce their ultimatum were vere not disclosed but his Immediate supe- supe nor Admiral Williams has full authority au- au to act as he thinks Lest SERVES NOTICE I Flat notice to this effect has been served on the Cantonese leaders by I direction of Admiral Williams who Is commandIng the American forces I In Asiatic waters nominally listed as an an S undefended city could not be bombarded born born- barded under ordinary circumstances circum- circum stances but after the killing yesterday yesterday yes yes- of Americans and other fer- fer r eigners the British and Amerl American n commanders Informed the Chinese official that unless the situation w was s remedied would be proclaimed a military area Such Sucha a proclamation would open it to whatever military operations necessary to protect foreign lives The American commander In chief reported that he had r received ed an insolent reply In response to the three demands made by the British and American naval authoritIes at The reply was followed by the warning that military points would be fired on unless the were complied with Replying to Admiral s' s suggestion that drastic action he avoided Admiral Rough Hough gave this picture of the situation I do not believe that the details or of the situation are completely understood un- un d by the commanders In chief British Japanese and Amerl an at Shanghai I agree with the BrItIsh BritIsh BrIt BrIt- Ish senior officer present at Nan Nan- king that unless s our nationals are promptly released and delivered to the bund drastic action mu must t be betaken betaken taken In order to save the loves of those remaining In the thEl city There are wounded ashore who cannot receive attention and should uld not be be neglected further including th the British consul generalI general I 11 believe that radical action would preserve e lives and further ce- ce lay would defeat this possibility I believe that the shelling C f milItary mil mu- points avoiding injury to the civil populace as much IS as possible would at this time have excellent effect upon the port and along the river S I have just received an evasive and Insolent reply the local army commander FINALS FINAU WARNING I consider that It if concrete action DC- DC tion Is not taken firmly and lately l- l here hele the lives of the r Ing British and Americans may be lost and all British an and Americans must promptly evacuate the Yangtze Yang Yang- tze valley In order to save their lives Unless oth otherwise In tr ct d and unless the atlon radl radically ally changes I th BritIsh British Brit Brit- Ish late afternoon shell the salient sa- sa military points and Ind military yamen I am sending a final w warning warn warn- rn- rn Ing by a Chinese military ld d Chiang Ial Shek's arrival I problematical and we do not con on shier sider that under these conditions heis he heIs Is strong enough to control the situation situation sit sit- even 1 if he so desires or should arrive In time to save the remaining remaining re- re I lives Immediately upon receiving this message from Admiral Rough Hough and after a conference with Vice J. J I ral commanding he Brit Brit- Ish forces at Shanghai AdmIral Williams sent the followIng terse Instruction to his assistant at t Nan Nan- j king S Use your our own judgment In handlIng han ban dung the situation Within the last twenty four four hours nine American warships s have been ordered to proceed at once to Chinese waters to tl augment the squadron ot of twenty one fIghting craft now th there re under command ot of I Admiral C. C S. S der chief of the Asiatic fleet Three the cruisers Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond Marblehead and Cincinnati are arc sailing front Honolulu and are expected to take about eight da days s 's sto to make the trip Each carries men and 38 officers two airplanes twel e 6 Inch guns and four 3 inch antiaircrAft guns The others all destroyers are en r route ute from Manila 1 The distance from that port to Shanghai Is about 1170 nautical miles and It Is estimated es- es that the ships by traveling at a speed of from fifteen to twenty knots will arrIve oft off the China coast cOaRt In three days The d destroyers are the Peary Ford Pillsbury bury Edsall Parrott and Bulmer Each is listed eel In the navy department register as carrying a normal complement or men ten petty officers and eight wardroom officers This complement however how how- ever have been Increased lightly In vIew of the existing sit sit- All Of the destroyers carry 4 Inch guns and one Inch 3 gun as vell as torpedo tubes and antiaircraft craft weapons HAS 2178 SAILORS The crews ships will sup sup- the complement already In the China zone At present Admiral Admiral Ad- Ad miral Willams has 2178 and about marines on board the tw twenty one one nty-one craft In addition to 1500 marines already landed The three last destroyers leaving Manila ManUa were the Edsall commanded command command- ed by Lieutenant Comm Commander L. L E. E Lindsay the Parrott by Commander Comman- Comman der n. n V. V Boynton and the Bulmer But But- mer by Lieutenant Commander oM M. J. J Foster S SHANGHAI China March 25 AP destruction vandalIsm vandal vandal- Ism and outrages perpetrated bY uniformed Cantonese troops In are described in reports received tonight from the trouble trouble- torn city on the Yangtze 20 STILl MISSING Approximately twenty Americans are yet unaccounted for Thus far the only American fatality Is the death of Dr J. J E. E Williams of Shawnee Shaw Shaw- nee 0 a member of the Northern PresbyterIan mIssion and vice president of university An ultimatum by the AmerIcan and British na naval val commanders backed by the grim muzzles of big guns trained on the Cantonese positions positions has eased the perilous Position position tion of the foreigners and the first of the missionarIes who took refuge In the university while yesterdays yesterday's fighting was Under under un- un der way began arriving at the dock near the warships early t tonight On of them a Miss Moffatt Anna E. E Moffet of Ft Sheridan Ill Is listed as being at had been shot twice through the bOdy S American women were subjected to the greatest brutality durIng the rioting the reports say and In many cases their clothing was partly torn off by nationalist soldiers in uniform The reports reiterate that practically all the outrages both against persOns and property were carried out by uniformed nationalists thus fixing the responsibility for the outbreak outbreak out out- break on the southern forces I I HOMES LOOTED There Is reason to believe that the majority of can homes and missIon properties in the city were looted and burned It Is known that the TheologIcal seminary seminary semi semi- nary and the Hillcrest school valuable valuable able AmerIcan missIon properties were destroyed by tire Ire AU All the official and personal property property prop prop- erty at the American consulate was looted or destroyed by uniformed nationalists A French priest st Is said to have been shot with a pistOl by a nation nation- officer The vanguard of the missionarIes arrivIng at the d docks were without military escort b but t it Is stated they were not molested while makIng makIng- the trip to the river Whether the entire entire en- en tire are coming out has not been established Their appearance on the waterfront waterfront water water- front followed the ultimatum by the Anglo American naval officers that If the foreigners were not permitted to leave tl the e city the Cantonese positions lons would be bombarded I It was stated authoritatively tonight to- to tonight night that as the result of negotiations between the Anglo Amen cans and Chinese there was no bombardment The first of the American missionaries mis- mis zi who took refuge In Nan Nan- king king- universIty the Chinese began to arrive at the dock near the American and British warshIps warships war war- shIps at 7 o'clock tonight The American destroyers Noa an and Preston and the British cruiser Emerald which went action to rescue the concentrated on ort hill hm were struck many times by fire from shore and a sailor on the Emerald was killed Naval reinforcements are on th ir way to the scene General Chang Kai Shek head bead of the Cantonese armies is expected to n within a few hours GILES RESCUED Bertram CUes the British consul general at ing who was waR wounded in yesterdays yesterday's fighting has been rescued and Is aboard the British cruiser Emerl Emerald ld The first demands presented last night after the tho Cant Cantonese nese com commander commander com mander had asked for cessa cessation of the bombardment ailed on him to Ia present himself aboard the Emerald hy by 10 p. p m m. m and arrange to nil cli the h foreigners from by 10 o'clock this mornIng Ir If he e 1 tailed to do so the American Anglo commanders warned that they would take the nee necessary meas measures I to protect foreign life liCe and property The commander failed to p ear on the Em Emrald and l later ter sent lent the reply as asI I evasive and Insolent The steamer bearing refugees from and escort escorted d dby by the American destro destroyer er Preston was fired on this morning oft off Chin kiang klang The Preston returned fi tle e Negotiations for the evacuation of the remaining In u n king have broken down says an aUthoritative au- au dispatch last night anti the British and American naval na commanders have d decided that tha t drastic action Is necessary ALL EVACUATED An All Americans and In which was captured by byj 5 j |