Show BRITONS CALL FOR AID AD FROM CHINESE FOES Infuriated Coolies Coolis Threat Threat- Threaten Threaten en n Colony Danger In Situation I LONDON Jan Dy By 8 By The Associated Press FrantIc Press Frantic ap- ap appeals appeals appeals peals tor for more land and naval forces are beIng made by the tho British community at to tb the tho British government An Exchange Telegraph dl- dl patch patch from Shanghai says sas that all available naval forces are leaving there at full Cull speed for tor I The foreign office ottice today sali sal said that the th situ tion at was wa fraught Crl with the gravest travest dangers but that It felt that the British I on the spot would be successful in averting armed con can conflict con conflict Is considered ered eased cased case by th the evacuation of ot the British marInes and the placing of ot tor fo for law and order within the British concession on the tb Chi Chi- Chinese Chi Chinese nese ness authorities themselves It lat th a lr l i 01 of at the British n merchant erchant marines who were holding mobs at nt bay but Lut under the strictest orders not to rire a shot was as untenable and that consequently the evacuation had been directed AG TOnS AGITATORS BLAMED The foreign office says that the disturbance was due du to Cantonese attempting to provoke the th British to use usa force torce In defense of the he British concession thereby stirring up another crisis such as took place recently at In order to embarrass Great Britain's newly declared I of at conciliation A report that British women and andI an I children already have hav evacuated could not be le confirmed RAGING DISCOURAGING SITUATION I PEKING Jan 5 By f By The As Associated Press Press Official foreign n dispatches tram front Hanko where the British colony is being be- be be by thousands of ot infuriated coolies as the tho result of ot foreign anti antl agitation show ghow the th situation Is growing IncreasinglY serious oI d ar Indicate that th the angry natives are out of at control of at the th Chinese mil mil- milItary mil military forces which undertook to maintain order Practically all barricades to the tho thoI eon concession cession ha base hav e been destroyed and a a consular dispatch says lays the tho British bund the principal thor thor- thoroughfare thor tor for foreigners along alone the waterfront there Is unsafe for Cor foreigners It adds that the th situation situation- Is 1 very dIscouraging A German citizen was stabbed and seriously wounded Monday by agitators within the tho th British concession 00 |