Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
SOVIET CHARGE AT PEKING
RECALLED IN PROTEST OF RAID

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nese protest demonstration is planned
One hundred French troops have ar
rived to reinforce the 200 British
troops already there.
Foreign Warships on Guard.
Shameen has been inclosed By
barbed wire barricades on three sides
with only the bund open and thai
protected by two American, five Brit
ish, one Japanese and three French
warships.
The troops in the British concession
are equipped with artillery. Shameer
is the main spot of refuge for for
eigners in the south, and missionarie:
and others are arriving there from
the interior.
The latest incident in the intermit-
tent warfare between foreign war
ships and Chinese along the YangtZe
involved the British destroyer Vet
eran, which was fired on with shrap-
mel and rifles yesterday near Chin
kiang. The Veteran replied with heI
main armament. consisting of -four
4.7-inch guns, and reports the de-
struction of a gun empiacement and
Chinese barracks. 1t is not stated
which Chinese faction was respon-
sible for the affair.
Two Americans Released.
Word was received from Pekine
today of the release of Mrs. Mildred
Mitchell and Wilbur Burton, Ameri-
cans, whose journalistic activities
allegedly in behalf of the Cantonese
movement, brought their detention by
agents of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin
the Northern commander. They were
not arrested, and were released after
hearing conducted by an American
consular official.
Agitation by radicals continues in
Shanghai. Aroused by the distribu-
tion Of pamphlets among the British
troops. police and military today
searched the China University. in
GLIDING the dormitories. Consider
able infiammatory literature was
found.
Many Chinese residents of the in
ternational settlement, particularly
those OF the poorer classes, are de-
parting for other towns. Police re-
ports show that over 10000 left dur
ing the last seven days.
Predicts Control by Moderates.
The moderates are in the majority
in the Cantonese political party and
are bound to win, Quo Taichi, Can
tonese commissioner for foreign af
fairs in the Shanghai district, told the
Associated Press today in a frank dis
cussion Of the aims, methods, prob
lens and present operations of the
revolutionary movement.
When the moderate victory comes
he said, Michael Borodin, the Russian
who has been advising the Cantonese
government at Hankow, must go, and
many Red Russian ideas will have to
be discarded by the Cantonese.
The western world should not be
hysterical over the Chinese situation
he said. The battle against reaction
In China has been won and the fu'
ture contest is against the ultra
radicals within the Kuomintang (Can'
tonese political party.
Defeat of the radicals, however, he
pointed out, would not mean discard
ing of all the ideas given to the world
by Russia or scrapping of the major
policies of the late Sun Vat Sen,
founder OF the Cantonese govern.
ment. The present conflict was large.
ly between the Shanghai group and
the radicals within the central execu
tive committee at Hankow.
Quo Is admittedly high in the coun.
ellis Of the Kuomintang and Is acting
chief aide to Chang Kai Shek, the
Cantonese military commander. He is
graduate Of the University of Penn
sylvania.