TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1927.
SHANGHAI DRAMA.
Further Detailed Reports From North.
SNIPING DANGERS.
American Families Rescued From Their Homes.
The "China Mail" is again indebted to the "North China Daily News" for the following farther reports of the dramatic events in Shanghal on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
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Mr. Donis. H. Hazel.
ye Whare the Durhams held their posts at Shanghai. Dead Shantung soldiers and equipment strewn about on Connaught-Elgin Range roader after the Chinese attack on the Settlement had been repelled by the Durhama, Volunteers, and: P'olico. The right side of the street the barriended dofonce. ·
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SHANGHAI DANGERS.
Many Shells and Spent Bullet.
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AMERICANS RESCUED.
Conßned to Their Homes by Snipers.
THE CHINA MAI
Stx persona were arrested In Pingtang Road in possession white bannors with such inscrip- tions as, "The Holy labourers.” "Drive out the foreign soldiers," "The Yul Fong Cbtton Mill! Labour- ors Union. They were taken, to Yangtzopoo station and cautioned..
GOING, TO SHANGHAL
Ministers Sent From »
Hankow...
The North Chine Daily News" Ppublishers under reserve a report that the Shanghai Kuomintang Hendquarters received a wireless: mossage from the Central Executive- Committee of the Contral Govern- ment in Hankow.
ΤΗΝ messuge roads as follows:
"At a Meeting of the Central Executive Committee, Ministera- Eugene Chen, TV. Soong, and Sun Fo were instructed to proceed Im- mediately to Shanghai to take over the administration of Foreign Af fairs, Finance and Communication on behalf to devise methods for their efficient administration. The meeting also appointed Mosure. Woo Chin-un. Niu Yungki, Yang Chien, Ou Tao-chla, Pei Chung-hai. Chang Tse-zu, Waung Soo-who to| organise the Political Council of the Shanghai District.".
It is understood that the under- mentioned gentlemen have been ap
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Mr. Denis H. Házoll. An alleyway blocked with_dead at Elgin Road corner, after the Shan tang troops made their rush last week, some trying to get through "tha barriers by side, streets such, in shown in this photo, taken near the. Settlement boundary.
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REPORTER A PRISONER. They were relieved when a -friendly subordinate officer; who Held by Shantung Troopstive came on the scene. He had a know the newspaper representa-
in Chapel
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short chat, after which, he again asked their business. Being satia-
A representative of the "Northfied that they, were not spies but
pointed to the following: posi-China Daily News yesterday actually journalists, he himself tlons
afternoon had the very unpleasant eus the thongs and arranged for Commissioner of Defence, Gen oxperience of being taken a war their release. Niu Yung-chien.
Commissioner of Police. Tsaw
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King.
Chief of the Telegraphic Admin- istration, Yaung Pu-sung. Chief of the Telephone
Li Wei-mo,
Chief of the Telegraph Department, Lin Huan-ting.
prisoner by the Shantung troops. before their surrender.
With a friend, he went along the firing line to the Tientungan Bureau. Railway Station, where the North-
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SHOOTING IN WOOSUNG.
Chinese Station Master Killed.
"DON'T TIP THE POLICE."
London, March 7, "Don't tip policemon" is the ap erners were encamped Both peal made to the public by Sir Supply were provided with special badges Leonard Dunning, Inspector of Cont from the Kuomintang but these stabulary, in a report on the police they choose to hide in their socks of England and Wales Issued to-day. before approaching the Shantung The report says that while the lines. Our representative, unfor.quality of recruits in some districts, tunately, did take along Admiral-perhaps is higher than before, gen- General Pib Shou-chen's card be-crally speaking the difficulty of find cause he had to pass through the the many advantages of the service. ing suitable men continues, despite Nationalist lines, otherwise the unpleasantness through which he might have been avoided.
Firing began in Woosung about According to a member of the noon and lasted for about one The Nanking Road
American Company the entire com-hour as a sequel to rios there. At ⚫ during the afternoon, when a shell piny marched out to Wonglo Road which had whizzed over the Soo-near the Public School for Boya chow Creek, struck the silk shop at the corner of Ronan Road. struck the roofing cornice and after burying itself, exploded, several pieces falling to the pavement,
where it was reported that the families of two of its members were being helt prisoners because of the gunfire of the soldiers in Chapel. Preceding the company was 112 armoured car.
The incessant fire throughout the
It is said that the members of day sent quite a few rusidents in
the two families,, that of Sgt. T. J and spent bullets falling in the the Settlement to the hospital. Stray Engstrom and Pte. W. C. Farnham, area between Boundary Road and beth employed by the Texas Oil Co. Avenue Edward VII-struck an un- und both living at the same house in 'known number of persons. A Chi-Wongle Road, had not dared to go
nate in the New World was hit, an
her at Markham Road shot dead, Sikh watchman received two bul- lets in the chest and another in the mouth. His condition is grave.
Several foreign offices and houses were struck on the south side of
Soochow Creek, and many on the
north, but as far as is, known no foreigners have been Injured.
That the bullets are not entirely spent is proved by the case of a man b Haining Rond, through whose entire arm a bullet passed, the nose just protruding on the far side.
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from their homes for several hours because each time they tried to leave a bail of bullets was directed Fat them by soldier snipers who were hiding in Chapei just, beyond the railway track.
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When the predicament of tha learned American families was
obtained permission » wag allow the whole company to
to the rescue. and an 80 armoured car was sent in advance. While yet some distance from the house the company met the women and children being brought away
in motor cars.
The entire area along the railway tracks is now evacuated by foreign-
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Foreigners were evacuated from the Dixwell Rond nrol and 'it. may
be safely stated that 75 per cent. are now within the actual confines of the Settlement, some of the men return- ingat night. It was rumoured that the North Szechen Road police Atution would be closed, but this was definitely denied by Inspr. P. J.
The Punjabis are still in It Dunne, the Public School for Boys the
POOTUNG. MURDER.
Workers Setzed and Shot by Communists.
learned was
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Shanghai Photos & Reports to Send Home.
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The supply is strictly limited. All this week's war photos from Shanghai will be reproduced, to- Kether with the extended „nar- ratives and cubled despatches.
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With the Post Office in Shang, hai Affected by a strike, pictorial and written descriptions, are only slowly trickling through. A com- plete. Illustrated account from Hong Kong will be highly ac- ceptable.
Chang Tai Pang an armed mob forced entrance into the offices of the Conservancy Bourd. seized 10
Frifies left by the police and at- 片 tacked and killed the Chinese
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great dent of violence had occurred station master. Two Chinese
The
However, on approaching the Northern lines, the two. -men found themselves admist a hail of flying bullets, not aimed at them but at the Southerners, Creeping slowly along and waving to the Shantung men to stop firing, the pair reached the Shantung lines to find themselves in the middle of several score northerners, who demanded to of business-like
know who they were" and what' they wanted.
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One reason ascribed is that likely, men look askance at a service whose membera generally are regarded as open to tipe,
Criticising the remarks made by a Magistrate, Mr. Cect: Chapman, on the subject, Sir Leonard Dunning" not offer a half-crown to a curete declares that Mr. Chapman would' or bank cashier who brought back his dog.
·EXPLOSION OF ETHER.
London, Feb. 24. A message from Diessen (Həl land) states, that a spark from an The two men gave the neces-elcetile Iren exploded a quantity of sary information in Mandarin but ether while nurses were filing the reporter's accent had a Can- bottles in the hospital kitchen. tonese touch and go it was not Eight of the nurses were instant- surprising that the Northerners ly enveloped in flames, and the one decided to detain him. He and who was holding the bottle was in- his friend were taken into one of ablaze rushed into the street and cinerated. Two with their clothing. the railway cars which the North-rolled in the snow, erners used and bound: hand and "Seven others were 'seriously in- foot.
Jured.
Japanese have taken up stronger in Pootung on the previous day. A cruisers out of three at Woosung, positions on Dixwell Road and have number of foremen and workers. landed 50 armed seamen. dug in on Burroch Road.
who had been opposed to the do-Chinese Navy is now flying the. North Szechuen Road was unsafemination of the Labour Union were Nationalist flag. throughout the day. Guerilla war, fare was practised by snipera from both parties and in the latter part of the afternoon, the police stop ped all traffic between Haining Road and the police station, motor ista detouring via Dixwell Road.
It was when North Szechuen Road became so hot that the Municipal Council advised all residents in the Dixwell Road and North Szechuan Several arrests of persons wholing the day. Road Extension areas to come in-were distributing Inflammatory Reports have it that on Tuesday side. To nasist them the Fire literature took place, in most of the night there was quite a lot of". Brigade and ambalances turned out, cases the men being released after trouble round Woosung caused by and a continuous stream of vehicles a cautioning,
looting Shantung troops.
From could be seen going both ways, on A party of Wayside police raided this it may be deduced that when and closed an agitation base at 1001: Look up station. A Stokes shell fell Ward Road which was being used the Nationalists arrived in Woo- in at 704 Dixwell Rodd but did not as an office by the Shanghai East- sung they came in close quarters
èrn District Labour Union. Seven with the looting troops.
arrested during the day by aivi- Rumours in Shanghai were to Bans who appointed themselves the effect that fighting on a large judiciaries and police and held sum-scale had broken out in Woosung mary courts martial, No charges between the Cantonese and the were preferred against those Br- rested, and a large number of them retreated Shantung troops. Al
not confirmed, it is Strlet copyright · were expected on the spot.
Some though shooting also was heard in the thought quite probable that, this
indicating afternoon,
further is the case in view of the troop outrages by the Communista. movements which took place dur
Dixwell Rond. Additional troops
explode.
Cantonese soldiers took up a bosi- men and six women were found on The Disorder in Pootung. tion on the far side of Tientung the premises and ordered out of the Pootung continued to have Road, the Chinese cobble stone house. Five letters, containing cir- sporadic disturbances. At about road, which, eroadea Dixwell Road culars with the chop of the General 11 am. a Chinese mob thought to and connects two parts of Chapei. Labour Union, were seized: These have belonged to the Harbour They were clad in new khaki uni-gave 14 minimum demonde for the Union entered the China Mer forms and it is believed that they Shanghai workers, The letters. were provided with them by the were intended for the managers of able damage. The Chinese bar-
chants Wharf and did consider
local labourers,
various concerns.
Mr. Denis H, Hassil.
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After getting over the Firin Road corner barricade at. Shanghai last Tuesday: Shantung soldiers "surrend éred" their weapons and dumped them? ad shown in tha photo, ON A
racks were entered and damaged, Chinese police beaten and several shots fired into the air which caus- ed a stampede of coolies. A land- ing party from H.M.S. Vindic itive restored quiet.
Late at night the trouble was still going in Pootung and the Japanese landed marines while the "Vindictive played her search- light on the district.
Chinese civilians wearing white armlots in, a tug stopped two A.P.C. launches and attempted to intimidate the crews with blows. An armed escort was provided, however, and the trouble soon. anded by H.M. bluejackets.
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Mr. Denis H. Hazel), Before defeat Northerners patrolling Chapel, just outside the Bettle- ment and shooting any dvilian scen walking about. Note the place a if in a state of siege.
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