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THROES OF UNREST. them upon evacuation. The fire COMMUNIST PLOT.
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NO VIOLENT SCENES,
DISORDER CREATED IN MILL
W CENTRES.
spread towards S. A. D. No. 3 and sot alight the shutters and win- IN dow-frames at the back of the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha building, which fronts on Taiping Road, the boundary between S. A. D. No. 8 RUMOUR OF GENERAL STRIKE. and'the native city. The S, A., D. No. 3 Fire Brigade turned out Hankow, Nov. 14.
and after working hard by three-
The "Shanghai Mercury" of Wuchang and Hankow are quarters of an hour saved the November 18 reports again in the throes of that unrest Japanese building. The Japan- The machinations of local com- which is a corollary to a change ese Fire Brigade arrived later muntata to create 'disorder in local. of masters in any part of China and lent a hand and at 10 p.m. cotton mills have been met with and which causes the civilian the brigade went home, although considerable success in the eastern population to be full of apprehen- the fire was still burning on the district, writes this morning's sion and alarm. In the present side next the Chinese city. Three "Shanghai Mainichi," and yesterday' instances the British community large and one small buildings were great, uneasiness prevalled. In the is also keenly interested in the completely gutted. If the wind western district following the march of events. To the latter, had been in the opposite direction rumour of a general strike of cot- however, the occasion differs a large number of Chinese houses ton mills. In consequence, all the vitally from previous affairs as would have been destroyed. managements of cotton milla in the men-folk are no longer liable All Saturday General Tang western district kept a strict watch to bo called out to maintain order Seng-chi's men were moving out throughout the day and night, and protect the 'Concession, the and the China Merchants' ships and made several preparations to Volunteer Corps having been dis-were packed with soldiers. deal with emergències, but, for- banded as a natural consequence On Saturday night barricades tunately, the day passed without of the handing over of the area to were erected in S. A. D. No. 3 in untoward incidents. Chinese administration under the positions less satisfactory than The situation in the Toka cotton | Chen-O'Malley Agreement. those put up in former days. The mill in the eastern district was un- At the beginning of last week a streets in the area were calm and changed yesterday, only about detachment of General Tang eaceful, with hardly anyone in thirty per cent. of the hands re- Seng-chi's 8th Hunanese Army, sight, except police and sentries.porting for duty, and, consequently, which is very large, was sent up- On Saturday night the author- no work
Despite river towards Changsha, news ities erected barricades guarding the steps taken by the authorities] having been received that athe ex-German Concession, to accord protection to the workers Kwangsi general had unexpected-S. A. D. No. 1.
on their way to the mill, Intimida- ly captured that city.
On Sunday morning most oftion of bands still continued. On Friday, November 11, the General Tang Seng-chi's men had
The attendance at the No. 1 Chinese got wind that something gone and very few soldiers were Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing was amiss locally and baggage be- to be seen in Hankow. There was
Wak somewhat
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gan to stream into the Concession no excitement and no anti-Company's mill areas from the native districts. foreignism was in evidence in the gratifying yesterday, despite the The Japanese and French prompt-concessions area.
rumours of a general strike. No. ly got busy and put their barri-
The Opium Suppression Corps, less than 80 per cent. of the hands cades up, leaving only the Bund who were functioning as pro- turned up and operations were available for through-town visional police, were dismissed on carried on as usual.
Sunday morning and sent out of S. A.. D. No. 9.
Chien evacuated Hanyang.
traffic.
British Ready.
Yesterday, the local mill aftuation was somewhat better, and the mill
On Friday evening it was This morning General Ho managements are now optimistic.
and Soochow.
10.
He The rumoured plans of local com- bruited abroad that there was nobody in command of Wu-Han. was taken from the Arsenal munists to call a general strike of The British Navy was $80,000, being the workmen's cotton mill workers in Shanghai in holding sports at the wages, and has gone on board a apparently a part of the plans of Race Club that afternoon and ship lying off Hanyang. Appar- the communistic riots, which just after they had concluded the ently he has not made up his cently occurred at Ishing, Wusth, "General Recall" was received. mind whether to stay or go. Leave was stopped and the|
Hankow, Nov. 16. Armistice Night dinner which The night passed off quietly, was to have been held by local ex- The Nanking forces took over Servicemen at the Race Club was Wu-Han this morning, troops called off. Conditions were suit-pouring in all day long. So far able for communist trouble but there has been no incident but in- sion managements have been only fortunately nothing transpired in- tense uneasiness prevails, since too willing to close their plants. side the Concession area. In the the nowcomers are mainly native city, however, some sol- Kwangsi men with a bad reputa-sures had been taken by the police 3.-Ample precautionary men. diers of the 35th Army attacked tion.
the General Labour Union head- The merchants are much con- quarters and some pickets who re-cerned over the proposed issue of fused to join the army or give up banknotes, proclamations having their weapons were shot; the been posted throughout the city headquarters were then looted.
ordering acceptance of these notes For many days past there had under pain of severe penalties. been rumours current in Wu-Han that the local military dictator, General Tang Seng chỉ hát đe
Nov. 17. The apprehension existing yes
parted: this he did not do until terday among the Chinese de early in the morning of November creased considerably to-day con-
The failure of the strike is at- tributed to the following cause:
1.The plan was easily detected and the necessary precautionary measures were taken.
2-Owing to business depres-
and the marines. frustrated by the authorities,
4-Their terroristic plans were
Residences Rearched.
As precautionary mensure ngainst the communist activities, a party of soldiers, accompanied by merchant volunteers, searched all
residences in the viciuty of Chi Chong Wharf, Pootung, on the night of November 16-17. In the course
12. It appears, however, that he sequent upon the good behaviour of the search they found a quantity had a Japanese steamer waiting of the newcomers.
of cominunist literature in the home
An-
for him for eight days, paying in Though efforts were made by advance a fortnight's demurrage the labour and communist ele- of a female worker named Wong fees at $1,000 per day.
ments to take advantage of the Sian-mel, and arrested her. On Saturday morning he de situation to instigate trouble, other party of soldiers arrested parted for Japan, while the re- drastic police measures obviated three male. Chinese workers in the mainder of his troops in Wu-Han any serious disturbance. Martial same vicinity at 9 a.m. on Novem- began to move out up-river. law is being enforced at night ber 17 for distributing communist Troops also arrived from down- both in the city and in the con-handbills. The prisoners, who are river and joined in this movement. cessions and no Chinese is allowed all employed in the Yih Chung iron, factory, a Chinese concern, situated on the streets after 10 o'clock. The Olive Branch. General Ho Chien then took still uneasy regarding the bank-are
The merchants, however, are near the Chi Chong wharf Pootung, now detained in the head- over command. He announced notes which their new rulers have quarters of the Woosung-Shanghof that he would concentrate troops brought with them, these being Garrison Commander, penging at Hanyang and Seven Mile Creek, mainly Bank of China and Bank trial. below Hankow, and planned to of Communications note. make peace with the Nanking: The soldiers have thrown open According to information the Government, offering them Han-the gates of Wuchang Peniten workers in the western district kow and Wuchang, but retaining tiary, letting loose thousands of have formed an organisation ou Hanyang and the Arsenal for convicts, including numbers of military lines for the purpose of himself. If these terms were not communists and men sentenced to promoting strikes, riots, etc. This accepted, he said, he would fight life imprisonment during Tang organisation is divided into regi- Nanking, and, if defeated, retreat Seng chi's regime.
to Hunan.
On Saturday morning the Chin- ese authorities erected barricades on the borders of S. A. D. No. 2, the ex-Russian Concession, allow- ing only a certain amount of pedestrian traffic through town but none into the area behind. Through motor traffic could use only the Bund.
On Saturday morning also, the Oplum Suppression Corps, some 80 strong, who lived in the old British Volunteer headquarters, were told by Dr. Chang that they could either join in with the 8. A. D. No. 3 (ex-British Conces sion) defence scheme or get out. They joined in and were given armlets reading "S. A. D. No. 3) Provisional Armed Police" in Eng- lish and Chinese. The police of 8. A. D. No. 8 and the Fire
MOTHERHOOD,/
On Military Lines.
ments, battalions, companies, and squads, and consists of about 8,200 persons. The weapons, with which they are said to be armed, Include spears, froz bars, and knives. They also possess a sort of powder, which causes persons into whose eyes it is thrown to become blind, and cotton and petroleum, which will be used for setting places on fire... The leader of this organisa- tion are said to include two Chinese named Chen Hwal-mal, and Euo Sung-nyi. Communistic handbills, and a booklet entitled "Chinase Youth," purporting to have emanated from the Shanghai Gen- eral Labour Union, were distributed among workers on Yulin Road, on: November 14 The booklet is of a pro-communlatic nature, and one of the articles contained therein urges the people, to start an armed up
Brigade had not received their The sufferings and fatigues of rising one big scale in order to pay for last month, as Dr. Chang, maternity have exhausted you. Your create a new era in the revolution- the unrecognised Director of vitality, of which you have been so ary campaign,
8. A. D. No. 3, had refused to magnificantly generous, a to-day
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