The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-22
news REVIEW. OF
CURRENT .! R EVENTS NJ
Powers Demand Reparation
From Cantonese-Chen
Proposes Inquiry.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD

BY EDWARD w. PICkARD
CHINA continued to hold the cen
~ ter Of the stage during the week.
Identical notes were handed to the
Cantonese government at Hankow by
the consular officers of the United
States, Great Britain, France. Italy
and Japan, demanding apologies and
Preparations for the Marking outrages.
Each note demanded punishment
Cor the commanders and the National
ist troops responsible for the Marking
murders, injuries, and property dam
age; an apology by the Nationalist
chief commander for the outrages, in
Guiding definite statement covering
guarantees against similar occur
rences in the future, and complete
PREPARATIONS for personal injuries to
foreigners and for the property dam
aged Seven foreigners met death and
"nameless outrages' were committed
against foreign women during the
Marking rioting
In his replies Foreign Minister Chen
proposed an international commission
to investigate the Marking incident"
not admitting the responsibility of the
Nationalist troops for the Outrages.
In the replies to, America and Great
Britain he stated those nations bonn
barded the defenseless city of Nan
king. In the French and British re-
plies he charged those nations with
Smelling the defenseless Shameen dis
trict of Shanghai. Otherwise the re-
plies were practically identical.
Soviet Russia, as, was expected,
severed diplomatic relations with the
Picking government because of Mar
shall Chang Tso-li1's raid on the So
Wet embassy buildings. But the Rus
SLAMS laid the chief blame on the sim
perialistic, powers" and disavowed
any intention of declaring war on the
Chinese. They simply demanded the
withdrawal of troops from the en-
bassy property, the release of the ar
rested officials and the return of all
documents and property seized. Large
concentrations of soviet troops on the
Manchuria frontiers were reported,
butN twas believed Russia would
make no real demonstration against
the Chinese until her troubles ON her
western borders are settled. The
evacuation of Americans from Picking
and Honan province. continued, many
of them being removed to Japan and
Corea. The families of Minister Mac
Murray and his staff have left the
northern capital.
Meanwhile matters were not going
well for the Cantonese. The split be-
tween the radical and conservative
wings widened and Gen. Chang Kali
shek, the conservative generalissimo
had his troops raid the headquarters
of the Red labor unions in Shanghai
and other centers. The workers fought
back desperately and more than one
hundred of them were killed in con-
1lictS with the soldiers, and many 9TH
ers were wounded Chang was de-
termined to break up the radical
unions. but the immediate result Of
his raids was the calling of general
strike in Shanghai. The general went
to Hankow for a conference in which
he hoped to establish the control OF
the moderate party over-the National
list government.
Cantonese armies that had begun
the advance northward from the
Yangtse met with severe reverses and
were driven back to the south side Of
the river, losing Pukow, opposite
Marking. though later reports said
they had, retaken that city. The
northern troops succeeded in crossing
the Yangtse- at~Kiangyin, threatening
the route between Chinkiang and
Shanghai.
n RGANIZED labor in the United
~ States was aroused by an i'm
portant decision of the Supreme court
in the case of the Journeymen Stone
Cutters association which had in
structed its members not to, handle
the product of % Indiana stone quar-
rying companies because they en-
poyed nonunion labor. The compa-
MES had asked an injunction and the
lower courts had denied it, but the
Supreme court reversed the finding,