Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

of the settlements by negotiation
only; but this same manifesto glorifies
| the recent Nationalist successes as
heralding a world-revolution and the
manifestoer winks at If he does not
actively encourage the activities of
| the anti.foreign propagandists.
The developments at Marking touch
us more nearly. I digest the following
from the dispatches. A considerable
number of the foreign residents Chief
ly Americans and British), sought
refuge from the frightful hurly-burly
on Secony Hill in the Standard Oil
Co.'S compound. The Nationalist
artillery entertained itself with prac-
tice on the buildings housing the
refugees and Nationalist infantrymen
invaded the compound and disported
themselves with a little rife practice.
Two American destroyers and a
British cruiser were standing by in
the river. Sailors of the American
| consular guard in the Secony Hill
party signaled the situation to our
ships. The American and British
commanders put a barrage of artillery
| fire about Secony Hill and sent de-
tachments of British and American
Marines to the rescue. Those gallant
| fellows accomplished their mission and
brought off the refugees. Then the
British and American commanders
| notified the Nationalist general COM
| manding in Marking that he must
permit and assist evacuation of the
foreigners still remaining in the city.
The celestial warrior insolently de-
| INJURED, but, finally convinced that the
| foreign commanders threats were
sincere, yielded. All foreigners be-
bn ctil in 10 0Xnnnf
| about 20 Americans and q very few
| Japanese were promptly embarked for
| Shanghai.
One American, Rev. DR.. John f.
| Williams, vice president of Marking
| University, is reported to have been
brutally murdered; in like manner, a
| French priest. Miss Anna Moffett, an
| American missionary, was shot in two
| places, but was rescued. There were
| several British and Japanese casual
| ties, the former including the British
| consul general, a son of the famous
| Sinologist, Prof. Giles, severely
wounded. 1t seems doubtful that the
| casualties have all been reported. The
looting of foreign property was a
thorough job and included the Amer
| lean, British and Japanese consulates.
| The dispatches concur in attributing
| the outrages to uniformed Nationalist
| soldiery. Many instances of the
| greatest brutality to American women
| are reported: a matter not to be
| lightly passed over.
| Turmoil at Chekiang comparable to
that at Marking is reported, and there
appears to be reason for anxiety as
| to the fate of the foreigners there
who are waiting for shipping to evacu-
ate them. Further evacuation of for.
eigners is taking place at Hankow
where the situation is tense" Ameri.
can and British vessels have been dis.
patched to Wuhu. Swallow. Foochow
and Ningpo. at all which places the
| foreign residents are menaced and
whence presumably they must be
| evacuated.
| Now, at last, or never, one is in.
: clined to say, there will be sensible
and magnanimous concert of the pow
ers respecting China, but the history
of the dealings of the powers with
that country scarcely justifies so high
a hope.
| United States of America is
| likelihood, almost amounting to GER
| tainty, of a strike of the unionized
miners in the central competitive
bituminous field upon the lapsine
March 81 of the Jacksonville agree
ment to embrace 100000 miners in
Indiana, illinois,. Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania. There is, however, a
strong probability that the 1876, 200
unionized bituminous miners outside
the central competitive field viii carry