Evening star., 1927-04-27
45 VESSELS TRAIN
GUNS ON HANKOW
City Seems Quiet, but
RumorS Lead Foreigners to
Prepare for Trouble.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, April 27.-Forty- five
gunboats were stationed in the
Yangtze today with their guns trained
on Hankow.
While on the surface Hankow is
quiet, there is much tension, and
rumors persist that the British are
planning to retake the concession. A
great deal of looting is reported. ii
is stated that at Hankow, as well as
at Nanking, field pieces are being
moved to selected positions outside
the native city.
The Hankow government is rapidly
acquiring possession of all the silver
in the city. Although foreigners re
gard this as a step in program to
confiscate the liquid finances of the
country, paving the way to contisca-
ton of industry, the authorities aver
it is merely war measure to assure
finances for the military campaign,
which is vital for the Nationalist fu-
-ture.s r
British Quit Hankow.
Advices from Hankow say that Feng
Yu-Hsiang, formerly known as the
Christian general" has been oifered
commandership of the Hankow armies.
All the British women have leIt
Hankow and all the British men
whose presence is not essential have
been ordered to leave. Many of the
better class Chinese are evacuating.
Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign
minister. has asked the foreign busl-
ness men to talk over the situation
The government states that special
police force is being formed, with an
armored car for quick dispatch to any
part of the city to cope with disorder
Northern Armies Mass.
The Hankow ministry Of telegraph
has ruled that hereafter all press dis
patches must be prepaid. This means
the correspondents must carry many
dollars, as only silver is acceptable.
All available forces are being
gathered by the northerners, it is
learned here, to attack Hankow. Skel-
eton forces are being left temporarily
to defend the northern positions else
where.
The battle between the Cantonese
entrenched at Marking and the North
erners on the other side of the Yang
TIE at Pukow, was still in progress
Cantonese gunboats anchored of
Nanking and the northern field bat
teries at Puchow. One hundred
wounded Cantonese have arrived here
from Marking.
The United States auxiliary Pen
guin, which was, fired on heavily
Monday near Kiangyin, on the Yang
tie, has arrived at Chiankiang. The
United States naval authorities here
| do not know the exact number o.
men wounded in the firing, although
| it is known the vessel suffered thC
| heaviest casualties of any attack or
American warships since they arrived
| in Chinese waters. One of the meI
was shot through the lung, but it is {
clean wound and he is said to be doing
nicely.
British Get Apology.
| IT is learned from Wuhu that tn,
captain of the British cruiser Cara
doc has received a full apology fol
| the action of Chinese sentries in stop
ping Americans and Britishers a
rifle points, and refusing to let then
! go ashore except singly and at con
| siderable intervals. The captain wa
among those stopped. The incident 4
considered closed with the apology.
The Shanghai Mercury, British
newspaper, says it learns from officia
| sources that $4,000 northern Chinese
troops have been concentrated a
| Wuhu and that large numbers arr
bound down the river.
1t has not been determined whether
they are planning to attack Gen
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