New Britain herald., 1927-03-21
l,500 American Ma rines Landed Follow ing Emergency Call and Are Patrolling District Where Trou- ble is Expected.
Rioters Are Running Loose in Native Quarter French Outposts Drive Off Attacking Party Foreign Defenders Total 15.000.

Shai. China. March st 1p}-Chaos reisned ill Shanghai tonight after inc fall of the city to the Cantonese this morning.
 Rioters rah loose in the rativs quarter T day. and tonight & band of Chinese troops, presumably att tached 10 tho retreating northern army, broke through the barrier to the north Of the international se.tle- ment and began footing.
 British ar;lored car rushed up in response 0 a police call for aid. The car was subjected to continuous machinegun fire. Lieutenant New man, Corporal Ainslee and two soi- diers were wounded.
 Save c Guerilla Fighting Savage guerrilla fighting was go. ing on in the native district of Chapel tonight between -hantunsese tnorthernors) including white Rus sians and piainclotl , men of tho kuomintans (Cantonese). Several of the latter were reported killed. The fighting was accompanied by the outbreak of serious fires at three points in the city 10000 Are Dcscrters. Approximately lo.000 northern troops in the Shanghai area have gone over to the Cantonese. 1 One hundred white Russians wsr. admitted to the foreign settlement after being disarmed while ,hod- sands of Chinese from the native city sought refuge inside the foreign barricades.
 ! Bullets continued to fal. inside the settlements, endangering the lives of foreigners The Astor House hotel l was struck.
 cruisers Hawkins and Carlisle wera landed at Pootung, across the 1 Whangpco rive from Shanghai 10 1 protect British owned property ! IF Casualties. | Up to Il p. III. the forces defend. 1 ing the foreign settlements from tho rioting Chinese had suffered r. cas- wounded.
 ! Two Punjabi soldiers Of the British force were killed by snipers The wounded comprised five Punjabis, a Russian policeman and four British soldiers.
 French In Action.
 French outposts on the further. most border Of the French conces- sion in Shanghai had brush with a small detachment of Chinese troops this afternoon. Shots wers exchanged and the Chinese were driven off.
 A few shells fell Into the French concession this afternoon. There were no casualties. The authorities do not know where the shells came
 from.
 Cantonese Enter City. The vanguard of the Cantonese army entered the native city this morning. The Shantungese fled at
 their approach, and the city was
 taken without fighting.
 The municipal council declared s
 state Of emergency. and landing
 parties Of all nationulities repre-
 sented in the Shanghai naval con-
 centration. including l.500 American
 marines, disemharkod to defend the
 foreign settlements against invasion
 from without or from within. ! Possibility of serious disorders was intensified by the calling of gem
 eral strike of Chinese workers 10 , celebrate the fall Of the city 10
 Chang kal Shek's southern forces. 5 which HOW hold virtually all of
 China south Of the Yangtze river.
 The foreign defenders ashore here
 total l5.000 men, part of whom ars holding the s0-mlles exterior de-
 ferse line while others strongly pa- trol the streets Of the foreign set- dement's.
 ,l |. \. Marines On Duty. The 1,ioN American marines are
 patrolling the nor; hern and western , mill districts. where trouble IS most . likely 10 break out owing to tho general strike and tho gathering of ;. crowds of idlers.
 , The marines came ashore with u full equipment. including machine !" guns and metal helmets. ready 10
 remain until tho trouble is over, ! They landed laughing and joking, . glad that their long inactivity
 c-amped aboard ship was over.
 The Japanese landing party also ' totalled l.5p0 and the French. ltal-
 ians, Dutch, Portuguese and spanish
 likewise dnharked strong dctach- ments. The British already have
 numerous forces on duty ashore. \ shower Of flower pots, fire : buckets. bottles and other missiles ! descended upon police who were ' called to one of the largest Chinese , department stores in the interna. tional settlement to eject worker n meeting there 10 organize strike. V The situation looked threatening Q when mounted Sikhs arrived and
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