Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-28
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Agitators Among Chinese
Stimulate Antagonist
Against Foreigners.
ATTACK EXPECTED
Refugees Continue Pour
ing Into Shanghai from
Interior Sections.
By H. FRANCIS M1SSELWITZ
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

BY H. FRANCIS M1SSELWTTZ
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, March 28.-Faced
by the threat of new general
strike if the foreign concessions Of
Shanghai are not turned over to the
Chinese, foreign residents and refu-
gees crowded within the settlement
waited tensely today for expected
attacks by native mobs.
The U. 3. s. Perry and Ford and
seven japanese cruisers swelled the
total Of foreign ships anchored off
the city, and 700 Nipponese troops
were landed to help in the defense
of the settlement. Japanese resi-
dents met to consider advisabllity
of evacuating Shanghai.
Agitators constantly attempted
to incite the Chinese in the native
citv to attack the foreign devils
in the settlement. The plea to storm
the barircades met little open re-
sponse, but crowds of natives mill
ed about the barbed wire protected
gates, Il constant threat to those
within.
Meanwhile refugees arrived con-
stant!y from Yangtze river cities
and reports of anti-foreign threau
came from q score of communities
Foreigners were evacuating WI
hu. The u. =. Is. Preble took abOar&
many at Taiehow and attempts wen
being made to rescue those at Cha
oto Cheng and Chinkiang.
Hold Mass Meeting
Fifty thousand natives attended
4 mass TSeeting outside the settle
ment gates at Shanghai and adopted
resolutions threatening to tie up the
city's industries if control Of the
concessions was not given to the
native government. The meeting
was followed by picturesque pa
rade. No violence was reported.
Cantonese leaders attended the DEM
onstration. The inside of the set
tlement. however, presented pie
ture of war and terror. Armed
troops were constantly on duty at
barricades and barbed wire entan
clements about TIE settlement. Bu-
gle calls at night warned residents
to beware of appearing on the
streets. Chinese were permitted to
enter and leave the settlement only
after they were thoroughly search
ed.
The Cantonese forces, under com
mand of Generals Chang kai' Shek
and Pei Chung Hsi, seemed to have
the native city fairly well undar
control, but residents were disturb
ed by the unanimous agreement of
the refugees from Marking that
Southern soldiers were the ones who
looted foreign consulates and homes,
killed seven Europeans, Americans
and japanese and wounded several
more.
Southern Army Blamed
Some refugees said the Marking
atrocities were perpetrated by HUI
nan troops. All seemed to agree.
however, that the blame was on the
southern army.
Caring for the refugees in the set
tlement became serious problem as
foreigners from upriver cities ar
rived by boat and train.
The Y. S. S. Preston, bringing the
last of the refugees from Nanking,
was greeted by factory whistles and
bugles when it docked ar Sundown
yesterday. The tired white men and
women who came down the gang.
plank were sadly bedraggled.
Many of the men had been forced
bv the Chinese to disfobe and arriv-
ed here in borrowed Coolie clothes.
The refugees seemed to agree that
nationalist troops were the rioters
and they unanimously said only the
timely bombardment by British and
and American ships prevented the
murder of all the foreigners gather
ed at Socony Hill.
No American sailors landed dur.
ing the Marking disturbance. the
United States consul general told
tho United Press. One small group
from the British ship Emerald was
the only foreign landing party, he
said. and it did not enter the city
itself. D.. Il