SOVIET AGENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 14 November 1927, Page 5

SOVIET AGENTS

ASSASSINATION DEMANDED AGITATION MEETINGS IN CHINA WHITE HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE REDS.. (By Cable — Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 14, 10.55 a.m.) Shanghai, Nov. 13. Special police were called out and the regulars confined to barracks on the occasion of the funeral of a youthful victim of Monday’s attack on the Soviet Consulate. A huge procession of White Russians followed the coffin to the cemetery amid a profusion of Imperial Russian flags. Agitation meetings are reported at Mukden, advocating the wholesale assassination of Soviet agents in China. The Soviet Consular staffs have demanded police protection. Marked growth is observed of White hostility towards the Reds, in contrast to their erstwhile submissive docility. It is officially feared that a reaction lias commenced and the Soviets eventually will be compelled to evacuate. -(A. and N.Z.) HANKOW NOT YET ENTERED. FIRE RAGING IN NATIVE QUARTER. (Received 14, 1.5 p.m.) Shanghai, Nov. 13. Japanese reports state that the Wuhau forces surrendered to Nanking without fighting. British reports say the Nankingites have not yet entered Hankow owing to a rumour that section of the Hankowites are determined to resist the enemy, though the eventual annexation of Hankow by the Nanking Government is certain.

A large fire is raging in Hankow native city, and the defending troops are in disorder, looting shops and homes, and not sparing the military headquarters. General Tang Seng-Chi, leader of the Hankowites, has vanished. The "all of Hankow to Nanking will virtually place all the teritory south of the Yangtsze Valley under one Government.

In the meantime the Northern general, Sun Chuan-fang, is advancing southwards with the intention of again bidding for the possesion of Shanghai.—(A. and N.Z.)

An overnight cable stated: The capture of Hanknow by the Nanking Nationalist forces is momentarily expected. They are reported to be within 10 miles and unopposed, owing to the wholesale bribery of Hanknow generals. A tense situation and disorganisation in Hankow are inevitable, but it is considered the position cannot become worse than under the existing regime. A few hundred foreigners in Hankow are not considered endangered. Ihe issue is confined to the obliteration of one or the other of the Nationalist Governments. A strong force of marines and bluejacekts of several nationalities is ivailable if required.