CHINESE TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1927, Page 3

CHINESE TROUBLE.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

SHANGHAI FUNERAL.

(Received this clay at 11.0 a m.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 13.

Special police were called out and regulars confined to the barracks on the occasion of the funeral of the 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 and Russian flags.

ANTI-SOVIET AGITATION. SHANGHAI, Nov. 13. Agitation mecti|fgS are reported at Mukden .advocating the wholesale assassination of Soviet agents in China. The Soviet Consular staffs have de-

mantled police protection. A marked growth is observed of the white liostowards the reds in contrast to Itliei.r erstwhile submissive docility. It is officially feared that a reaction lias commenced and that the Soviet eventually will bo compelled to evacuate. CHINESE FIGHTING. SHANGHAI. Nov. 13. Japanese reports state AVahnn forces surrendered to Nanking without fighting. British reports say Nankingitos have not yet entered Hankow, owing to a rumour that a section of the Hankowites are determined to resist the enemy though • the eventual annexation of Hankow by Nanking Government is certain. A large fire is raging in Hankow native city. The defending troops are in disorder, looting shops and homes, not sparing the military headquarters. General Tangsengchi, leader of the Hankowites, has vanished. The fall of Hankow to Nanking will virtually place all the territory south of the Yangtsze Valley under one Government. Meantime/the Northern General, Sun Chuan Fang, is advancing southwards with the intention of again bidding for the possession of Shanghai.