The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
SITUATION IS
DISCOURAGING,
DISPATCH
Angry Natives Out Of Control
of Military Forces Trying
to Keep Order
FOREIGNERS IN DANGER
Landing of Marines Would
Precipitate Crisis, British
Officials Feel

Peking, Jan. 5.--LP)--Oficial dis
patches from Hankow, where the Brit
ish colony is being besieged by tho,s-
sands of infuriated coolies ms the
result Of anti-foreign agitation, show,
the situation is gruWine inege4st6d9F
serious and indicate thAt the an6tys
natives are out Of control u tn
Chinese military forces which undefxs
took to maintain order
Practically all barricades to the
concession have been destroyed and
consular dispatch says the British
bund, the principal thoroughfare for
foreigners along the waterfront there,
is unsafe for foreigners" II adds
that the situation is very discour-
aging"
German Citizen Stabbed
A German citizen was stabbed and
seriously wounded Monday by agita-
tors within the British concession.
The British armed forces, feeling
that it would have been impossible
to hold the masses without firing,
retired. leaving the concession in
charge of Cantonese troops.
As "a result Of conference yes
terday between Britisliand Chinese
authorities. by which maintenance of
order was left to the Chinese, British
marines were not landed, which con-
sequently left the barricades un-
guarded. The coolies, apparently act
ing under an organized plan, removed
the harricades by sections and grad
ual invasion of the concession
started. British authorities feel that
if the marines land again ther will
be an immediate crisis necessitating
the use of force.
In some circles there is dis
position to regard the demonstration
as having been stage managed by the
government.
However, despite the fact that fire
arms were not used, it was charged
Tuesday morning at a mass meeting
Of representatives of the govern
mental departments and of the unions
that a number of the coolies had been
killed and wounded. Speakers at the
meeting urged the formation of
society to disarm the British and to
take back the concession.
Washington, Jan. 5.-LP-It is es-
timated here that 300 or more Ameri-
cans are living in. Hankow or it's sub
urbs or in Wuchang, across the river
from Hankow. A considerable num-
ber of these make their homes in the
British concession. Additional Amer
lean war vessels were sent to the
Hankow vicinity week or two ago
to be held available for the protec-
tion of American nationals and for
their evacuation should the need
arise.
Shanghai, Jan. 5.-(P)-Reports
here say all women and children at
Hankow have been instructed to en-
bark preparatory to leaving port.
British authorities here have been
unable to confirm the report.
London, Jan. 5.-(P)-Frantic ap-
pcals for more land and naval forces
are being made by the British COM
munity at Hankow to the British
government.
Hongkong, Jan. 5.-GP-The Brit
ish warships Vindictive, Carlisle and
Wishart. today were, ordered to Han
kow.
London. Jan. 5.--GF)--An Ex-
change Telegram despatch from
Shanghai says that available naval
forces are leaving there at full speed
for Hankow.
Peking, Jan. 5.-tP)-An official
despatch from Marking says the city
of Wuhu. Anhwci province, about
500 miles up the Yangtze river, from
Shanghai, has been looted, presum-
ably by northern troops. The Amer
lean destroyer John D. Ford has been
ordered to Wuhu.