New Britain herald., 1927-07-06

$1.50 a month to 1915 a month.
Attempts on the part Of the British
to break up demonstrations finally
provoked a scuffle in which one
Chinese was killed. Later a mob
surrounded the British concession
and demanded its surrender. The
British eventually agreed to this.
and the concession has since been
administered by council made up
OF an equal number of Chinese and
British. Stanley High, writing in the
Christian Science Monitor says: 1T
seems, in fact. to be q determined
policy of the nationalist here (Han-
kow) to see to it that the former
concession does not deterioriate IN
any particular under the new coxn-
Gil. ,
I'm Shanghai foreigners showed
even greater alarm over the adj
vance of the nationalist. A gener-
al massacre of the foreigners was
foretold, and bombing of the city.
Defence forces were concentrated
there approximately 25,0oo) and
forty-odd warships rode in the har-
Dor; the International settlement
was thoroughly barricaded. Yet
from all standards the transfer Of
Shanghai from the northern to the
Nationalist forces was accomplished
with minimum OF bloodshed (some
may claim that this was because Of
the presence of so many foreign
troops). The northern troops To-
Gated and burned portions Of the
Chinese city before the Nationalist
army arrived. AGAIN NO FOR
EIGNERS WERE KILLED. An
Associated Press dispatch records a
total of 43 Chinese killed by Brit
ish, - another account mentions
more than ZOO
1.-THE Nationalist army pursued
the ,Northerners to Marking. Here
on March .24th, occurred the unfor-
tunate incident which included the
looting Of consulates; some mission
residences and some school build
ings. and some churches and a few
Chinese residences; four foreigners
were killed. and six others were
wounded; few OF the mission
buildings were burned. There Is
considerable dispute and contradic-
ton Of evidence as to whether
northern or Nationalist soldiers
were responsible for these outrages:
local rowdies evidently took part,
until the Nationalist commander had
established himself in the city and
put a. stop to the looting. 1t also
seems to be established that come
Nationalist soldiers from the pro-
vince of Human took part in these
affairs. 1t is perfectly apparent that
the Nationalist army as whole did
not set out to exterminate the for
eigners,-for there was ample op-
portunity to have done so. Moreover
soldiers effectively pro-
tected at least some of the Christian
groups and mission property. Form
al apologies and regret we're exc
pressed Immediately by representa-
tives of the Nationalist government,
while 50 Chinese commercial organ
izations cabled their regret to Wash
ington. The Nationalist government
replied to the identic notes OF the
five powers. stating that 1t was pre-.
pared to make all reasonable
PREPARATION for damages committed
by Nationalist forces, and proposed
that an imperial commission be
formed to investigate the trouble.
"As stated above, the Nationalist
armies are now moving on North
China by two routes: there is no
doubt but that they will be well
coined by tho masses Of the people
in North China. II other nations dc
not interfere, 1t Is hardly to be
doubted that all Of China south Of
the Great Wall. at least, will be