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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. · 1927.
WANHSIEN INCIDENT.promptly boarded by a number of
armed soldiers, who took pos8a8- sion of the ship and posted änipers with orders to fire on any boat. THE OFFICIAL STORY.
approaching from, H.M.S. Cock- chafer. The officers of both the The following account of the merchant ships were detained, and Wanhaien incident has been com-requests for their release and for piled from official British the removal of the troops on board.
were ignored. documents and is now issued as an authentic version of what actually occurred:
"The situation on the Yangtzo during the last few days of August was na follows: The Southern Army was facing Wu Pol-fu, whose forces occupied broad front centred at Hankow; and on the of the Yangteze, upper waters with Headquarters at various towns, were many Generals, nomin- ally under his authority but for all practical purposes independent commanders.
On September 1st, His Majesty's Consul at Chungking arrived at Wanhsion, and negotiations with General Yang Sen were begun. The Consul requested the release of the two British ships and their officers, promising British co-opera- tion.in a proper legal enquiry into the alleged sinking of the sampan by the SS. Wanliu. General Yang, however, flatly, declined to comply with his request until the Wanliu question had been settled. Finally, the Consul was obliged to warn General Yang that it might be extreme To facilitate the movement of necessary to resort to
measures if he declined to take their troops those Generals, and notably General Yang Son, whose any notice of these official protests Headquarters Iny at Wap Hsien, against his Illegal action, and had adopted the plan, of placing reminded him that the responsibil
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was done in deftanes of the wishes haien from Chungking on 3rd of the Masters of these vessels. September. The deadlock still ex- movements of troops civil war, transporting troops in ashore indicated thus Yang Sen's any manner in British ships was intentions, were not pacific. deemed A breach of the strict In face of the illegal seizure of neutrality which His Majesty's two British veseels und the for Government desired to observe, cible detention of their officers, and repeated protests both at and of the definite refusal of Gen- Pelting and locally had been made eral Yang Sen to take any step to by the Consular officials and the remedy the situation, It was neces Commanders of. His Majesty' sary to take action. Acquiescence ships.
in carrying armed troops, which a British breach of These protests had been of no involved
The avail, although until 27th August neutrality, was impossible. such troops had always left Bri- S.S. Klayo was therefore taken dish ships when ordered so to do over at Ichang by His Majesty's Iby a British Naval representative. Navy and manned by a Naval Con- Shipping companies were nottingent under the command" ef anxious that their vessels should Commander Darley, R.N. She sail- stop at towns. occupied by soldiers, fed on September 4th for Wan- but they had their commitments of hsien, with the intention of re- cargo to consider, and there was scuing the officers and, if posible, also the fact that ships which did releasing the ships. Hopes were not stop were invariably subjected entertained that pacific counsels to a heavy fusilade; nor was it might prevail when it appeared possible to obtain any guarantee that, definite steps for roscue were against such a proceeding.
king taken.
Early on 29th August, the British 3.S. Wanliu, belonging to Messrs. "Butterfield & Swire, Ltd., was boarded at Yun Yang by 16 arm- ed" soldiers, and several other boatloads of troops were seen ap- proaching. S.S. Wanliu at once went ahead slowly to escape them, and, in spite of an attempt by those already on board to rush the bridge and engine-room, the ship's officers were able, by barricading the upper deck and engine-room, to hold them off, and procced on their voyage.
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During the attempt
to come alongside, it is thought two sampans collided, and one with about 8 people on board had fallen astern in an apparently sinking -condition, but owing to the pre- sence of many other boats there appeared no danger to life. In view of this, and of his difficult position, the Master of the S.S. -Wanliu-did-not-stop, but continued to Wanhsien, where, about 2 p.m. he signalled to H.M.S. Cockchafer for assistance.
The remainder of the troops from. Yunyang, who had tried to beard the s.. Wanliu there, arrived .at Wanhsien twenty minutes later in the Ameri- can S.S. I Ping, in which they had commandeered passage, and after apparently reporting what had happened, they lined the foreshore abreast the Wanlig in a threaten- ing manner, An armed guard was then sent from the Cockchafer, the 16 soldiers who during the passage up had seized the Compradore and threatened to kill the Master were disarmed" and sent ashore, and the ship shortly after proceeded on her. voyage up stream,
The Other Cases, When S.S. Wanliu sailed, it was discovered that General Yang Sen had meanwhile put a large force of soldiers on board the SS, Wan- hsien, another sleamer belonging to Messrs. Butterfield & Swire,. then at anchor off the town after. which the steamer is named. He declined to negotiate with the Captain of H.M.S. Cockchafer, and stated he would only do so with the British Consul at Chunking.
Fire Returned. Unfortunately, this proved not to be the case. It was observed From H.M.S. Cockchafer that on the morning of 5th September the tropps on board the S.5. Wanhsien and S.S. Wantung were being reinforced. At about 0.30, the Kiawa arrived off the town of Wan. haien and--went-alongside the S. Warihsion. A party from tho Kiawo then went on board the Wanhsien to rescue the officers
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