CHINESE COMMUNISTS
ATTACK BRITISH CONSUL.
(United Presi Association—Copyright.) (Reuters Telegram.) (Received 25th May, noon.) PEKIN, 24th May. The British Consul at Swatow, while removing Communist posters from the walls of the Consulate, was attacked by a number of pickets. He defended himself with a walking-stick, escaping with slight injuries. Subsequently he posted an armed guard from a British gunboat in the harbour to defend the Consulate, and informed tho Chinese Commissioner that it would remain until an official apology was tendered and assurances given that there, •would be no recurrence of such acts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 123, 25 May 1926, Page 7
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93CHINESE COMMUNISTS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 123, 25 May 1926, Page 7
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