CHINESE TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1927, Page 2

CHINESE TROUBLE.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. C ,V N TO X ES ED E FE AT. .SHANGHAI, Aug. 17. Five troop trains carrying approximately twelve thousand troops, forming the vanguard of the retreating South* cr! t Army: are due to arrive in Shanghai before tnid-iiigbi' Getiera'l Re'itstifigcfii, foniltlTy HciW'J commander of the Nanking N.-ifioftaffSt Forces, arrived alibad of the' .troofis, entering Shanghai: accOmpknibd Try chief? of staff, and a Targe ijetin'ue.. rnilicatinit ike « the Cantonese element from thk, Nanking army. The majority, whicW consists of erstwhile Northerners, wTio icverted to the Nationalists nt . thi time, qlj tlie occupation of Nanking by the /attt;, . >, . The Slttlnn^t critics are adopting the usifaj prw<?d ;i tions. The police have been and machine gun armoured car umt.ff and volunteers are instructed to he prepared to he called off. Tho police are confined to barracks and tlie discipline of the British forces is tightened. , . . Passenger trains from Nanking ami intervening stations brought m thousands of iciOgles, striving to reach the safety of the settlement* ahead of Hid retreating Nanking Army. fn« eonfusion' is interfsc. They broWglft te--ports of booming guns audible at NaUividcTr id Mn# bonflifirded ft**#

Puko'W’.' The north hank of the * f now occupied hv Sun CluVaii I'iiiTg forces. The Yanglicpw-Yaiigtszy) terminus of rlic ( grand . canal, directly opposite CJ’ liinkiah’g iA aHo hV tin) hands of .S.un Clifian 1 Fang. , The Nationalist troops have made n!7 attempt to cross the \angtsze. The Shanghai- defences, are being remodeVled hastily -at the Settlement points facing ~ tiie . r-itway station, where the retreating troops drO due W arrive to-night. Nationalist , which had lately floated in tlionsa-iul-s. in the settloemnt have now entirely disappeared. The situation is so serious in Nanking that foreigners are hurriedly evacuating tlie city and panto stricken Chinese are fleeing in thou. r.nnds. British warships are concentrating nt the port of the protection of British residents. Sun Clluaii Fang’s White Russian troops Were responsible for the capture of Fukou. Armoured trains are fireparing to ho mini id Xnhiiidg iK+oss the liver. Nationalists are stafifpedrfrg M Hlumglia!; . , The .K'ipane% ar? co-weratii'ig with thd iiHti-Vb io the dr(rVed id We Settlement. CHINESE TROUBLE FIXED. SHANGHAI, Aug. 18. The wings of the British aeroplane detained by the ( ninose military wore delivered in the evening and repair* to Hie cut railway are now in progress.