CHINESE MUTINY
[Upited Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 10.30. a.m.) SHANGHAI, October 18. Government' troops, comprising several' battalions Stationed at Wuhu, a river port on Lower Yangtsze in Anwhei Province, mutinied last night and immediately commenced looting, which they continued throughout the night, plunging the city into a panic. Frantic appeals for assistance from Japanese residents numbering several hundred brought the Japanese warships Fushimi and Hotsu. Naval forces were landed and posted at the Japanese Consulate and with residents. Other Japanese gunboats are en route.
The cause of the mutiny is . not certain. Anti-Nanking propagandists are blamed.
i Rebel forces are continuing ’..to advance in fanwise... formation from the north . towards Yangtsze. Preliminary clashes. have already been reported,
(BRITISH ACTION. SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. A Vv uhu n i .es c 'age states all British women and children have been taken aboard the H.M.S. Cricket, as a precautionary measure. ' > . Owing to interruption. of communications details are still lackirig.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5
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