Coolie Mobs Break Into Foreign Area at Kiukiang as Americans Leave Hankow

Coolie mobs broke down the barriers to the foreign section of Kiukiang, in the Yangtze valley, and Chinese troops were unable to restore order, according to a dispatch from Japanese sources received at Shanghai on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. The crowds seized the Municipal Building, British business houses and private residences, and customs officers took refuge aboard an American warship.

Vessels filled with British refugees were arriving from Hankow, the Evening Star reported, and Admiral Williams of the U.S. Navy was sent to Shanghai.

The New Britain Herald reported that about 60 American women and children had been removed from Hankow. The Cantonese foreign minister, Eugene Chen, met American residents and repeated his intention to maintain order, but the Americans apparently doubted his power to do so. Reports that the Hankow British concession had been returned to British control were discounted.