Evening star., 1927-03-25

two big American oil establishments
at NankinC, and was picked as
place possible of defense against
mob.
Meanwhile rioting and lootinE hat,
broken out i'm the city. Tho ofjciu,
reports made it clear that tant"r"s
troops were involved
All Americans Warned.
Consul General Gauss has ipfo,Weu
the state Department that he had
radioed warming TO all Americans
in the Shanghai district To take refuge
in the city. Presumably the warniue
was sent even before word OF Amer.
can fatalities at Nanktng reached
Shanghai as Gauss said there We're
disquieting reports of conditions there
and also reports of increased tension
at Hankow, scene of the original ouI-
break against the British concession
and seat of the political arm of the
Cantonese government. Even I'm
Shanghai itself, Gauss. said. despite
efforts Of Gen. Pal Tsung -hsi, Can
| tonese commander, to suppress disor-
ders and strikes and assure protection
| to foreigners. there was danger Of VIC
lence.
Just what Cantonese forces are i'm
control at Nanking the Washington
| Government does not know.
1t is possible officials pointed out
that the Nanking incident will prove
an isolated case of failure of Can
| tonese commander 10 control his
| forces. The exact opposite of this
condition was presented ut Shanghai
and the Cantonese political govern.
ment is expected to repudiate the out
RACES at Nanl<ing and to profess will
| ingness to take any necessary steps
1 n IFS rpnptifion
MacMurray Authorized to Act.
Minister MacMurray at Peking has
| received copies of the Nanking dis
patches that came TO Washington.
| He is expected to relay them to Con
sui General Lockhart with instructions
| that protests of the strongest nature
be made TO Foreign Minister Eugene
Chen, coupled with demands for i'm
mediate action to suppress the disOr
| ders, and punish the guilty.
| No instructions from Washington
are necessary TO set that diplomaIic
machinery in motion for calling the
Cantonese government TO account.
| Chairman Borah of the Senate for
eign relations committee. CommentinG
| on the Marking events. said last night
that he did not regard the incident a.
an outbreak against foreigners. but
eigners being caught in the war zone.
| Sixty days ago l warned that Amer
leans should leave the zone of hostii-
ties. and apparently they are just do
ing So he said.
L. ). Activities at Nanking.i
State Department records show AN
imposing roll of major American ac-
tivities at Marking. including numer-
Gus missions, which were officially re
ported as looted. In normal times last
year there were 400 registered Ameri
can nationals in Nanking, including
175 women and 1870 children. but the
colony probably has been much swelled
in recent weeks by refugees from the
interior. Many of the Americans are
believed at the State Department Il
be mission attaches or workers who
have refused to leave their posts foi
Shanghai.
| A message from Minister MacMur
| ray day ago said IT'S Americans had
been either sent on to Shanghai OF
were in safety aboard the destroyers
in the river. Admiral Hough said yes
terday that others, including those res
cued from Socony Hill, were being sent
down river on commercial vessels.
The American activities at Nankine
included the American and Nankins
Universities and the University Hos
pital. Gingling Women's College, the
| Language School. the Methodist Epis
copal and both the North and South
Presbyterian missions, the Friends
mission, the American Young Mems
Christian Associa ton, the Standard
Oil and Texas Oil Co. plants and the
establishment of the Liggett & Myers
| Tobacco Co.