New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
CHINESE NOES ARE MENACE TO WHITES Europeans Along TanstZe Valley
 Threatened AGREEMENTS AT HAEK0W


 Withdraw Troops From English
 Concession In Favor of Specially
 Selected Police.
 London. Jan. s P-The menace of Chinese mobs, infiamed by anti foreign agitators. continues to hang over the white residents of the cities along the lower Yangtze valley.
 The rioting which has centered world attention on Hankow for the last week, now has spread to Kiu- kiang. down the river. where condi- tions are described as absolutely Iintolerable."
 Chinese soldiers, presumably be- longing to the Cantonese faction which controls the region, are out of hand. Shanghai dispatches say. and are engaging in footing, which the authorities are unable to halt.
 The British concession there. like that at Hankow, is said to have been evacuated of women and children, the refugees being placed on gun boats for Shanghai.
 400 Americans There
 The foreigners in Kiukiang nor mally number about 100, but recent ly there were 400 Americans and Britishers at Ruling, 20 miles in- land. Ruling is reached by usual means of communication only through KiuEiang.
 Sixty American women and chill dren are reported to have been re- moved from Hankow. The Canton csc foreign minister, Eugene Chen, in conference with the American residents and the only two British CTS left in the city, reiterated his intention of maintaining order hut apparently the Americans doubted his power to do so and decided to remove the women and children to places of safet.
 Reports Are Discounted
 Reports, that the British conces- sion in Hankow had been returned to British control are apparently fully discounted in view of these dis patches and of others saying that tho concession now is governed by committee of five, chosen from the members of the local Kuompktang. the party supporting the Cantonese government. The British consul gen.. cral, Herbert Goffe. remains, SuaFdz E~hstys t,hsA&ale ttkep&2 Fisss l sfassssEssayJtleaia aiass London. news, papers reflect 'anazement on the part 'of 1, the Brihshers in Peking and in Shanghai that no attempt has been made to assert British authority in the face of fhe nobs at Hankow. Fear is expressed that there may be similar outbreaks at Shanghai. where the native papers are printing tri- umphant accounts of the Hankow affair.
 A graphic eyewitness account of the incidents early this week lead ing to the withdrawal of the British naval forces from Hankow is given by the Shanghai. correspondent of liit w ILHellt.
 After processions through the na- tive part of the city. he says. a great crowd appeared before the harbed wire barricade protecting the Brit ish concession which was guarded by a British naval landing party.
 Guards Are Stoned.
 Their passions famed to fever heat by agitators. the mob began to stone the guards, and it became ne2o"-ary to withdraw the latter to sar defenses. The mob then at,' ed a flanking movement along he shore of the river.
 British endorsements were rush. ed up and hand-to-hand struggle ensued. The rioters using stones and sticks. The marines are declar- cd to have refrained from employ ing their rifles or bayonets, relying instead upon clubs and fists, and there was no shooting. Several British and Chinese were injured.
 When night came a Chinese off cer warned the British that the mob was out of control and that the fir ing of a single shot would anticipate massacre. Upon his suggestion and in the face of the menacing sit nation the British forces were with drawn and the Chinese troops took control of the concession and the Chinese have since continued in possession.
 Dispatches from the city filed as late at 10 o'clock this morning said the situation was still tense.
 Secretary of the Navy Wilbur yes terday ordered Admiral Williams commander in chief of the American Asiatic fleet, to proceed from Manila to Shanghai to "observe and report conditions" The number of war vessels the admiral took with him would be governed by his opinion of the situation, the secretary said.
 Report Hankow Agreement.
 London, Jan. s tPt-The British foreign office was advised from Hankow this morning tliat the Can