Evening star., 1927-03-31

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1he old policy of force and warships
| which prevailed in China in the last
century no longer serves any useful
purpose, Every additional warship
and soldier sent out to China fails
| TO produce the desired effect and
really does the sending nation more
harm than good"
American Flag Torn Down.
| Chinese at Chunking. on. the
/ YangtZe River in SZechwan Province.
! have torn down and destroyed the
! American flag on the United States
| consulate.
| Chunkng is a city with an eSti-
mated population of more than 300,-
| 900 local ed i'm Szechwan Province at
| The junction of the kialing Ho and
! YangtZe' Rivers. 1t is more than 700
miles west southwest of Nanking
also on the YangtZe River, where
| anti-foreign attacks occurred last
| week.
| Anti.foreign feeling still is high at
Nanking and it is dangerous for for
| eigners to go ashore there. Chinese
messengers assert that Nanking
| crowds have threatened to shoot any
| have stationed artillery on hill there
! overlooking the river and ira ined
| their guns on all foreign warships.
Marine Flyers on Way.
1t is stated here that United
States Marine aviation unit of six Off
GERS and 104 men is en-. route to
Sha nghai from Guam on the transport
Gold Star.
A party of az Americans and Brit
ishers. evacuated from Nanking by
the United States destroyed Hubert
has reached the international Settle
ment here with another story of ex-
cesses by mobs bent upon doing harm
TO foreigners The Britishers and
Americans said that before embarking
at Nanking they were attacked and
stoned by an angry mob.
AS foreign refugees continue to find
shelter within the barriers of the in
ternational settlement and the situa
tion in the native quarter Of Shanghai
grows more menacing, with a new
general strike in prospect, the defense
force authorities are impressed with
the necessity of being fully prepared
for all eventualities. Consequently.
they are steadily reinforcing the de-
fenses and are now engaged in setting
up a great barbed-wire barrier stretch
ing the length of the Avenue Edward
VII.
The anti-foreign feeling in China,
which first manifested itself In con-
certed agitation in the Yangtze Valley
several months ago and then led to
the disturbing events of the last few
weeks, is rapidly spreading, not only
through the territory under National
list control. but northwafd into the
~ q nd ,Chonci
Upon learning of this. the American
missions are sending word to mission
aries in these places to leave their
posts and seek places Of safety post
haste -
The general situation in the Yangtze
Valley and In Shanghai is as strained
as ever. Reports from upriver points
show increasing anti-foreign agitation,
especially in Marking and Hankows
There is no evidence that the
Chinese here or elsewhere along the
Yangtze realize the nature OF the out
RACES against the foreigners at Nam
king. Nationalist propaganda is sue
cessfully declaring that no Nationalist
troops participated in the excesses
and is laying all the emphasis on the
bombardment by the American and
British warships.
Cantonese Control News.
To broadcast such accounts success
fully, an effort In in the making to
secure the distribution of only Ma
tionalist.inspired news through the
Chinese newspapers. This aim has
apparently been attained In all places
controlled by the Cantonese
The native city Of Shanghai, already
seething with labor unrest, may see
further disturbances when the cam.
paign of the newly organized "Asso-
citation for so per Cent Rent Reduc-
ton gets under way" Resolutions
adopted by this organization stipulate
that members will pay only half their
usual rents to their landlords, and II
this is refused. the tenants will pay
nothing.