WALLACE
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CHINA
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ARMED GUARDS PATROL RIOT AREA
CANTON, WEDNESDAY POLICE AND GENDARMES WITH FIXED BAYONETS WERE STILL STATIONED TODAY BEHIND BARBED WIRE AND SANDBAG BARRICADES AT BOTH BRIDGES LEADING TO SHAMEEN ISLAND, CANTON, WHERE THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE BURNED DOWN IN FRIDAYS RIOTS' AGAINST THE BRITISH EVICTION OF CHINESE "SQUATTERS" FROM CONDEMNED HUTMENTS IN KOWLOON, SMAINLAND TOWN IN HONGKONG COLONY.
ALTHOUGH CANTON, THE SOUTH CHINA CAPITAL, WAS QUIET AND THE TENSION HAD RELAXED, SUPPLIES OF BARBED WIRE WERE HELD IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY IN CASE OF FURTHER TROUBLE. NONE WAS EXPECTED HOWEVER.
EARLIER REPORTS THAT THE SEAMEN'S UNION WAS THREATENING
TO BOYCOTT BRITISH SHIPS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.
THE EVICTION OF THE "SQUATTERS" ALSO LED TO ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND NANKING. REUTER
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