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Show KIAO CHOW IS FACING ATTACK Hostilities Against German Colony in China Imminent Non-combatants are Leaving. U. S. CONSUL ADVISED Garrison Small But Fortifications Fortifica-tions Said to Be Formidable Harbor Mined and Defenses De-fenses Strengthened. Peking China, Aug. 19 The governor gover-nor of Kiao Chow, the German colony col-ony In China, today issued a proclamation procla-mation saying that an attack was im minent. The majority of the non combatants already have left and the American legation is advising the I state department to withdraw Willys R. Peck, the American consul, his presence being unnecessary because American interests temporarily ar terminated Mr. Peck, however, desires to remain re-main Although the garrison of Kiao Chow i. under ."(inn Un fort iileations are believed be-lieved to be formidable. Since the war began, the harbor has been mined min-ed and defenses strengthened with wire entanglements, earthworks and mined zones, ; Many Chinese coolies have been employed besides the troops of the garrison ! Legation Members Deeply Affected The legation quarter in Peking is i deeply affected by the prospect be ' cause many of the German and Brit- Ish officers, who will participate in I the fighting have been members of j Peking society during their terms of ser Ice in the legation guards Young German business men who 1 hae gone as reservists have many j L'ngllsh friends in the arlous treaty ports. W.mt Berlin to Capitulate. There being no German laborers in ! ( hina, practically all the reservists are officers Their number Is BUffl-I BUffl-I cieni to form Beveral companies. 1 Their families are appealing to the German legation to urge Berlin to Capitulate, bui the legation has been unable to communicate with Berlin since the cables have been cut on |