New Britain herald., 1927-03-31
British and Americans
See But Two Alter-
natives-Either With
draw or Take Prompt
Action to Enforce Re-
spect.
Refugees Tell of Being
Stoned by Mobs-Can-
tonese Military Chief
Calls for Withdrawal of
Foreign Troops and
Ships.
BY tho Associated Press.

! Draft demands on the Chinese
nationalist In consequence Of the
! anti-foreign excuses at Marking arc
under consideration by the powers
as we'll as the steps to be taken in
the event OF their refusal.
Shanghai dispatches say Ameri-
cans and Britishers there see only
two alternatives for the powers
either to withdraw from the Yangtse
valley. or take quick definite action.
| U. S. Flag Torn Down
Chinese have torn down and des-
| troyed the American flag on the con-
sulate at Chungking. in the middle
| 1angtse valley, where anti-Ameri-
canism Is rife. The American resi-
dents have concentrated near the
| waterfront and consular officials
have moved their headquarters to a
4 gunboat.
Americans and Britishers reaching
Shanghai from Anking, Anhwei
province, say they We're attacked and
stoned by Chinese before gaining the
safety Of an American destroyer.
| Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign
minister. is expected to arrive in
Shanghai soon with the reported OBJ
ject OF demanding surrender of the
foreign settlements there.
Wants Forces Withdrawn
! Chank kai-Shek, Cantonese mill
tary chief. today Thursday called
for withdrawal of the foreign troops
and Warships from Shanghai The
nationalist, he said. could not as
sumo responsibility for the safety of
the foreigners in the settlements as
dition" prevailed.
AS for the Marking incident, he
said. If full investigation fixed the
responsibility on the nationalist
forces. he was prepared to give full
satisfaction. including indemnity to
the families of the victims.
Chang said six Chinese had been
killed and Is wounded by the Anglo
American bombardment at Marking.
The majority OF the casualties, he
claimed. were among civilians.
| Few Dispatches Today.
Washington. March 81 tP1The
flood of dispatches from the Far
East which have for days brought to
the navy and state departments here
disqnieting reports of conditions fac
ing Americans in China today had
subsidized to mere trickle, but there
was no indication of any material
lessening OF official anxiety over the
situation.
Admiral Williams, commanding
American forces in China, reported
to the navy department that he had
dispatched a destroyer to Tsingtao.
400 miles north Of Shanghai at the
request OF the American consul, but
| his message gave no details of the
situation leading to the request.
1t was apparent. however, in dis
patches from China hat the anti
foreign agitation which has been re-
ported from an area of the territory
controlled by the victorious canton-
csc armies had not lessened. 1t IS
this agitation. accompanied by the
extreme violence TO foreigners at
Marking. which has impelled Amer
lean officials TO exert every pressure
to have Americans moved from the
danger zones.
As an evidence of the spread OF
the anti-foreign feeling along the
Ianstse river basin. dispatches to-
| day told OF the destruction of the
flag flying over the American con-
sulatc at Shrinking, on the ianstse
river in Szechwan province.
This presumably referred TO tho
consulate at Chunking. port IN the
far west of China. Latest state de-
partmcnt figures show that a year
ago there were 56 American resi-
dents at the port. while in the dis
tvict covered by the consulate there
were $50.
Some OF the more remote consult
ates, such as that at Chunking, have
been ordered closed as soon as the
! evacuation OF Americans Within their
jurisdiction has been completed.
, Whether all those at Chunking have
Joined the general exodus OF for
eigners down the Yangtse valley.
probably cannot be determined until
full chcckups have been made at
Shanghai and at other points 10
which American consuls and Mln-
lister MacMurray have directed them.