Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
SHELLS HIT HOMES
OF FOREIGNERS IN
SHANGHAI ATTACK


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nearly all trains running, however,
the situation was little brighter de-
spite the fact that local shipping re-
manned tied up.
Lii Pao-Ching, Marshal Suns defense
commissioner for Shanghai, issued a
proclamation which was posted at the
main post office declaring that any
employees not returning to work would
be executed. This ended all picketing
at the post office and brought many
postal employees back to work.
Anti-British Activities.
1t is noteworthy that there still Is
no sign of anti-foreign strike feeling,
although increased anti British agita-
ton was reported up the Yangtze
River. At Ichang Chinese pilots were
being intimidated and American ships
were threatened for carrying British
passengers, while at Changsha the la
Dor unions threatened to condemn"
to death all Chinese remaining in
British employ and all those supplying
necessities to the British.
A coal contractor has been seized for
supplying the British consulate at
Changsha with fuel.
Another battalion of Suffolk troops
landed here today, occupying quarters
recently used by Punpabi troops IN
the race course. The Junjabis were
sent back to Honkong this afternoon.
The problem of providing space for
British troops here, which threatened
to become acute, was satisfactorily
solved when the British consul gen
eral applied to the municipality for
permission TO use the municipal park.
The municipality not only agreed TO
this, but intimated all municipal prop
erty, such as schools and the like.
would be placed at the disposal of mil.
ftary forces Ii required. Previously
the British troops were quartered ONLY
on British property.
Chang May Yet Attack.
In an interview granted in Picking
yesterday by Yang Yu-Ting, right.
hand man of the Manchurian dictator
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, he indicated
that the conservative element of the
Manchurians finally has been won
| over to waging an uncompromisins
| war on the Cantonese
Yang expressed a belief that clash
soon between the northerners and
southerners was inevitable, and de
clared that a compromise with the
south was impossible until the Rus.
sian influence in the Cantonese gov.
eminent had been eliminated.
Yang said that il the Nationalist
launched direct attack upon Shang.
! hal the alliance of northern war
! lords would come to the aid of Mar
shall Sun Chuan,fang, defender of the
/ city, but he accused both Sun and
Marshal WI Pei-fu, Independent Mill
tarist in Honan Province, of obstr,Ict.
ing the Manchurians' proposed cam
paign against the southerners.
Expects WI to Agree.
He failed to explain how Sun was
hinderinE the northern offensive, but
WI was reported recently to have
stopped the southern advance of the
Manchurians through Honan, dis.
arming a number of the northern sol
iiers and Selling an ammunition train.
Yang indicated that he expected an
agreement would be reached with WI,
and said that as soon as the situation
was cleared UP, the Manchurians
would advance westward into Shensi
Province in an effort to subdue the
troops of the Kuominchun. the wan
dering National Peoples army driven
from Picking last Spring by Chang
Tso-lin.