Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
CHINESE RUTHLESS
IN ANT|-RED WAR
Women and Girls Shot in
streets-15 Officials De-
ported to Shanghai.

By the A>en,lated Press
SHANGHAI December ~ n The
work Of eXpelling Communists is being
with utter ruthlesSneSs in
Canton and Hankow, Even women
and girls are heinz shot down iNdlS.
If suspected of being Com
mun,stS.
Bohhed hair Is cnrs.dorcd the SiGn
OF woman Communist in China. ana
ut least II hnhhod-haired U!lS and
women have been shot by anti-rcd
troops in Canton. DURING thc ruth.
less campaign against tho Commu.
mist troops shot down the girls and
women in the streets without com.
FUNCTION
Nineteen Russians declared 10 he
Communists have been executed in
those who turned TO communism. said
ndvices from Honekong. Among those
reported killed were NJ. Krishef and
his wife, The latter was the seCre
tarY ot Michael Borodln, Russian ad.
wiser to the former Nationalist GOV.
cTnmpnt
Is Officials Deported.
Fifteen Soviet officials including
Consul General PliteSchP. were de
ported from IlankoW this morning and
started for Shanghai aboard a Chinese
steamer.
While ruthless methods are being
in Canton and Hanllov, the
Nationalist i'm Shanghai have CON
tented themselves with more moderate
methods, merely requiring the regis
tration OF all Russians with the decla
ration whether they are red" or
white. This course of action is he.
ing followed despite the fact that it
has been reported that had the Com.
muniSt coup at Canton proved sue
Cessful il would have been followed
by similar coup in Shanghai,
Soviet Consul kovovsky with his
staff, however, is ready to depart
whenever he is required by Marking
who have severed rela-
tons with Soviet Russia.
1t had been suggested that the
Soviet officials in Shanghai might take
refuge in the French concession. but
the French consular authorities have
instructed the French police to notify
all Russians employed by Soviet con
Germs that they must leave the CON
cession under time limit. which will
he decided by the police. Meanwhile
The French police are piCketing the
homes Of the Russians.
Soviet Denies Relationship.
The Soviet government has replied
promptly to the recent Marking note
severing relations, NJ. kovlovsky this
handing Quo Tai-Chi, the
Marking foreign commissioner. the
Russian reply drawn by Foreign Com
missar Tchitcherin.
The gist of the reply il that the.
Soviet government never recognized
the so-called Marking nationalist gov
eminent and that all relations between
Russia and China are governed by
the treaty signed with the Picking
government in 1924 Every Soviet ap.
pointment made in China was made
with the sanction and approval of
the Picking government.
The note emphaticallV rejects the
charge that the Soviet consulate in
Canton was used as a basis for direct
ing revolutionary movement In the
province of Kwantung. and generally
accuses the Nationalists in their pres
ent action as yielding TO pressure from
foreign "imperialists.
The note contains no threat or sug-
gestion of retaliation. it's tone being
Of reproach that unjustfied actions
by the Nationalists will recoil on the
Chinese people themselves.
NJ. kevlovsky and his staff have
made tentative preparations to leave
on December u. The Soviet
consulate is under guard OF British
police. and virtually no one is allowed
IN uvitb hpinGr h.
jected to search.