CHINESE TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1927, Page 3

CHINESE TROUBLE.

[by TGLEQRAFU —rER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CI lEX'S A (’PEA L. NEW YORK, April I I. Mr Eugene CMien (Clinton I'oreign Minister) lias issued a so-called nppe><) to the American people. It is publish, eel through Mr Ernest .Moy. representing the Canton Nationalist News Agency. Mr Chen charges the United States Government with lending American people to participate in a massacre compared with which, he says, ‘‘the world war was a mere ripple on the stit!” Mr Chen declares that Japan. Brit niu and the United States have decided “to plunge into n new world war so as to solve all the British. Japanese, and American dillicnlties in the Pacific.” The appeal says, in part: “Not one American citizen or one American cent would have been endingered by the success of the Nationalist revolution in China, if, during the past few weeks. White House had not adopted 'new decisions, radically changing America's old policy in China.” CANTON SLAUGHTER. .SHANGHAI. April 11, What foreigners thought was an ordinary shooting hv extremists at Chnpci proved to he the bloodiest slaughter yet in the Chinese struggle. Hundreds of uncaptured Communists made a determined attempt to regain their comrades with arms and ammunition, which the Cantonese forces bid rounded up. Realising that the authorities were determined to shoot it the least provocation were given, they attempted to rush the headqtiaiieis under the mask of hundreds of winner, mid children, . including their own wives, whom they pushed before them thinking that the soldiers would refuse to lire into the helpless mass. The Communists’ holies proved horribly unfounded. The soldiers, when the pi uces.siou was within a lew yards o! the headquarters gates, opened a deadly fu.sit.ule. .Twenty women and children fell dead, and many were woimd-

The Communists, deprived oi arms now formed it hatchet brigade, and. armed with crowbars, .axes, and chop, pet's,-they determined not to surrender without further fighting.