Evening star., 1927-04-13

tlement.
Foreign Barrier Rushed.
| Early today group OF Chinese
tried to rush the barrier and clash
followed with the Italian guards on
the Urga road. The Italians fired
over the heads of the Chinese and they
retreated. Last night small mop
made a sally to storm the barrier, Dut
| it was soon realized that this was I'M
possible. The Chinese. then set fire to
circulars which they had thrown lnto
| the barbed wire barrier and seVeral
posts were burned.
The annual meeting Of the taxpayers
| Of the international settlement adopteo
a resolution today by large majority
recommending that the public parks
and gardens be made available TO the
| Chinese as we'll as foreigners. but not
until the present anti-foreign aglta-
tion and general unrest have ceased
OIL, until the decision is rauned py
another taxpayers meeting.
Word was received here that the
British gunboat Woodcock. proceed
| ing down the Yangtze from hanko"'
had been fired on by the chinese
presumably Nationalists. The Wooo.
cock replied with machine guns ana
| 6-pounderS. Inefe "eAe -" ~ A'A'
| casualties.
A wireless message from Hankow
said that an American gunboat, the
name of which was not given, had
taken to Hankow a group or Amer
leans from Chungking and Ichang.
Chinese NationaliSts were report
ed to have occupied the oh1ces OF
British and American tobacco com"
panies in Wuhu. about so miles up
the Yangtze from Marking.
The British cruiser Carlisle LETT
Shanghai for Weihaiwei, in Shantung,
because trouble was expected there
through the activities OF bandits.
More Refugees Arrive.
Hongkong reported that small
groups Of missionaries. mostly Amer
leans, were arriving daily from Can.
ton and vicinity, taking refuge at
Kowloon, outside Hongkong. 1t was
not believed, however, that an out.
burst was impending at Canton.
Prior to the entry into Pukow of
the Northern forces, the foreign war
ships moved mile UP the YangtZe
from Marking in order to be out OF
the direct line of fire between Nan
king and Pukow. which are on op-
posite sides of the river.
The fall of Pukow to the Northern
armies means that at the present time
there are no Cantonese, or Southern
Nationalist, forces north OF the
Yangtze between Nanking and the
mouth of the river.
Pukow was the last stand Of the
Cantonese in their retreat southwark,
after two virtually unopposed advances
northward from the Yangtze. Recent
ly the Catonese advanced northward
up the Grand Canal from Chinkiang,
as far as Kao Yuchow. in kiangsu
province. In the last two days these
Cantonese were driven back to Chin.
kiang. on the south side Of the
YangtZe.
The other advance was from Nan
king up the TientSin-Pukow railroad
as far as Fengyang. Anhwei province,
where the Cantonese distinctly threat
ened the base AZ Soochowfu Of Gen.
Chang Tsung-Chang. the Shantungese
leader. These troops were driven
back 10 Marking.
Missionaries Fix Blame
Expressing deepest syrn pe17T for g3za
genuine Chinese national aims 1zt
declaring that destructive 5-- sacsss
are now determining the roa5cF e s1s
Cantonese government. - T-asaSc-.
aries. all American citizens. formerly
TCSkuEnL EAA 4NdEAstA4kEs A4dRE re a+-eA a.
formal signed statement. charging that
the Nanking disorders of March "a
were officially encouraged by Can
tonese leaders.
The statement, which was made
public through the American consul.
ate general here, and which was sup.
ported by numerous affidavits, was is
sued in order that the American pub
lie may know the facts regarding the
Marking outrages." The statement
was as follows:
"Out of our own first hand expert
ence and observation we unequivocally
affirm that those outrages were COM
mitted by armed Nationalists Can
tonese) soldiers in uniform, who acted
with the knowledge and approval of
their superior officers.
Campaign Of Arson.
"Those outrages consisted not only
| In the Iooting of foreign homes, con-
sular offices, schools, hospitals and
! places of business, but also in the
| burning of foreign homes and schools,
! in deliberate murder, in the twice
| shooting and seriously wounding of
young American woman, in shooting
at and attempting to kill foreign men,
women and children, in the attempted
assault of American women and other
| shocking indignities to foreign women
! too indecent to be made public.
ITO many such things we can bear
sworn testimony as eye-witnesses, and
numerous other cases have been proved
| beyond the least shadow of doubt.
From statements made by many
! Nationalist soldiers to us and from
! the testimony of Chinese friends, it
| is an established fact that they en-
/ A. .1nE
not actual instructions, TO rob and
! kill foreigners. From the actions of
| the troops it was evident that the plan
was to loot foreign buildings, TO force
! the occupants to disclose the location
/ Of their valuables, to strip them Of
/ their clothing and to maltreat them
at will.
Death Threats Barred.