Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-16
COOLIDGE STUDIES
REPLY FROM Chen
Officials FayorabIy Impress
ed by ConciIiatory Note, But
Decline to Comment.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
While Washington officials appeared
favorably impressed today by the un
expectediy conciliatory tone of the
! reply from Hankow TO the American
demands growing out of the Nankiug
outrages. comment as TO whether 1t
would prove acceptable was withheld
| both at the White House and State
| Department.
The sudden turn of events in China
| both political and military. also dis
closed by the days dispatches, may
! influence materially the ultimate out
come as to fixing responsibility and
obtaining PREPARATION for the Marking
! outrages. 1t was clearly indicated
| that President Coolidge would not
| form judgment as to the Hankow
| note until it had been studied in the
/ light of all other circumstances.
More Ships Go to Hankow.
Increasing gravity Of the outlook
Tor Americans and other foreigners
remaining in Hankow was reflected
in, word from Admiral Williams that
ne had ordered the cruiser sCincinna ii
and two destroyers to that port. bring.
ing the total American naval force st
Hankow to 10 vessels. Three add.
tlonal destroyers were summoned
from Manila to replace those sent
from Shanghai and two more destroy.
ers also were called from the Manila
reserve to Chinese ports, where there
is lear or disorders and Americans IN
be protected.
IN Inc meantime northern troops
CLOSED in on the Cantonese at Nan.
KING hrlng across the river and also
nring on the Standard OIL Co.'S
steamer Meian. The American de.
| stroyer Ford and the British cruiser
Emerald fired on the northerners with
machine guns and the Ford later
silenced the Chinese with shrapnel
smells from her 4-inch guns, Rear Ad.
mlral Hough reported. The Ford was
mt many times by rife bullets, but
there were no American casualties
Garner naval advices indicated that
| the northerners had forced the issne
with the Nationalist at many points
along the Yangtze on both sides of
Nanklng. Some northern forces were
reported as crossing to the south bank
ana the Cantonese flag had been
hauled down in several river cities.
even in Marking, it was said, although
the later message indicated the Can.
tonese were still holding their own at
last accounts.
Final Rupture Reported.
In the midst of these military dc.
velopments, with the Nationalist suf.
fering further reverses after their
swift rush northward. word of the
hnal rupture between the Cantonese
military and Moderate party and the
Hankow regime on the question of
russian and radical domination of
Lhe political agencies of the party
came in a report from Shanghai on
action taken by the Moderate confer.
ence at Marking.
Inc conference resolution declaring
for arrest of ''Comrade" Borodin. rms.
san adviser under contract with the
Hankow government, and score of
other Russian or Chinese Communists
other Russian or Chinese communists
including cabinet ministers of the
1ankow government, left it much ia
doubt as TO what faction is to control
the party in the future.
The Hankow note In answer to the
american Marking demands was
signed by Eugene Chen, foreign min.
lster Chen was not included i'm the
group of Hankow officials prescribed
as radicals by the Nationalist Mod