WAR IN CHINA

Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 228, 27 September 1926, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA

RED PPOPAGANDA IN HANKOW BRITISH MA HINES STONE D. WUPEI-FU FORCED TO RETREAT.

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Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association.

(Received Sept. 27, 9.55 a.m.) PEKIN, Sept. 26. Advices from Hankow state that the most important interior of the city appears to have become completely Red. The citizens, reacting violently to the invaders' propaganda, are frequently stoning tlie British marines and officers without reprisals. They are required to he dispersed by Red troops, who appear to have lost oontrol of the situation. Mass meetings are held daily under the auspioes of the Labor organisationis. They are attended by all grades of society. The stneets are denuded even of rickshaws. Revolutionary leaflets are being distributed wholesale. The Reds are in possession of tlie telegraphs and are refusing c-ode messages and oensoring others. Reports from tlie front are in favor of Reds. Wupei-fu's headquarters at Sing-yang-chow uere captured following the Red. inccrporation with ihe notorious Red. Spear bandits, who participated in the capture. Wupei-fu was forced to retrea.t northvvards. Sun-chuan-fang, in order to attack the Reds in the rear, oi'dered five steamers loaded with 10,000 troops to run the gauntlet up the river through the Red batteries. The manoeuVre i,s believed to be succeeding. Many spies «are executed daily, and their heads are displayed on lamp-posts. In Kiukiang the foreigners are stock ing foodstuffs and erecting barricades in expectation of tlie arrival of the Reds. Firing on foreign iships cotitinnes. sporadica.lly. There have been a few native casualties.