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British residents at Yokohama weigh security and evacuation risks
A Yokohama meeting of British residents debates whether to wait for British Government guarantees or advise evacuation if security cannot be assured. Despatches from Colonel Neale and Mr. Winchester outline that Her Majesty's Government demands reparations from Japan after the September incident and may order coercive measures, with residents warned of possible untenable living conditions and the need to protect embarkation if danger rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macpherson
Macdonald
Japan
Bell
Corns
Young
Yokohama
Gower
Willgoss
Neale
Consul Winchester
Trudson
H. J. Hoorrn
C.A. Wiscatster
J. Macpherson
J. Macdonald
Diig
Hang
C. A. Winchester, Meg