The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-29
ORDERS BRITISH OUT
Consul at Changsha Acts After Sail
Ors and Chinese Fight.

Consul at Changsha Acts After Sail
Ors and Chinese Fight.
| BIZ United Press
SHANGHAI, March 29-The
British consul at Changsha today or
dered immediate evacuation of all
British nationals there after a slight
enga cement involving British sailors
from II. NJ. S. Woodcock and Chinese.
The situation at Changsha was de-
scribed as extremely bad in dis
patches received here.
The Chinese commissioner for
foreign affairs at Changsha issued
a statement demanding that the
British sailors involved in the clash
be surrendered ''to permit us to take
drastic action" The statement also
demanded withdrawal of British war
ships. 1t was understood the COM
missioner of foreign affairs had with
drawn extra-territoriality rights from
all British subjects at Changsha.
Fear of Attack
Hankow and Wuhu were other
danger points today, and attention of
foreign consulate officials and
refugees here was focused on those
two cities, where it was feared anti
foreign agitation might spur natives
to attack the few foreigners remain
ing in them.
1t was reported from Hankow that
Cantonese pickets there invaded the
Japanese and French concessions and
insulted residents.
All Japanese women and children
in the city were concentrated in the
concession and many took refuge on
ships.
Chinese Aroused
At Wuhu natives were aroused by
propaganda banners charging thou
sands of Chinese had been killed in
the brief American-British lombard
ment of Marking. The highest esti-
mate of Marking native casualties
made in responsible nationalist quar-
ters, however, was 1000, and that
figure, all news sources indicated,
was highly exaggerated.
The refugee situation was becom-
ing acute, with hundreds of mis-
sionaries and others from interior
cities concentrating inside the settle
ment. Most of them had been
forced to flee from their homes with
out baggage, and scores were with
out funds.
No attempts to relieve the conges-
ton by sending refugees back to
their native lands had been made, as
all efforts of the consular staffs had
been devoted to preventing further
disorders in interior cities of the
Yangtze valley.
Seven half-starved Americans ar
rived at Shanghai today from King
yam in a small native junk. Scantily
clad and with little food, they had
Travelled a hundred miles down the
river in six days in the boat Twice
they went ashore seeking food. they
said, but each time Nationalist sol
diers or rowing gunner drove them
back to their boat.
wires WORKING again
Telegraph service was restored to-
day to Hankow. Hangchow, Ningpo,
Shaping and Wenchew and reports
from all parts of the Yangtze Valley
indicated the first surge of rabid Ma
tionalism which followed the Can
tonese capture of Shanghai and
Marking had died down.
Japan will hold Chang Kai-Shek
and the Cantonese government re-
sponsible for the Marking incident,
the cabinet decided today, says a
Toxic dispatch.
Raid American Mission
An American Catholic mission at
Patchau in southern Kwangtung has
been looted by Chinese, reports here
said. The fathers took refuge in
Kawchow. No casualties were re-
ported.
Americans in northern Honan and
Anhwei provinces were ordered
evacuated by the legation here. Vir-
tually all foreigners have left south
ern Shantung.
Anti-foregn feeling was reported
increasing to dangerous proportions
at Ichang.