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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927.

WANHSJEN INCIDENT.

NEW ADMIRAL

ARRIVING. TO-DAY.

(Continued From Page 2.) confined in the latter, ship. In- mediately Chinese soldiers under Passengers arriving to-day by cover in the Wanhalen opened fires, Morea from Honie, include vie This was Admiral BiFR. Y. Tyrwhitt, K,C.B.; upon the resele party. at 6.30 p.m. Directly he first shots D.S.O., relieving Admiral Sinclair were fired, the Kihwo, H.M.S. Cock- in chirge of the Ching Squadron, chafer and HMS. Widgeon all accompanied by Lady Tyrwhitt came under a heavy rifle, machine and the two Misses Tyrwhitt and gun, and field-gun fire from on-staff. trenched, positions of shore, an Othersidue to arrive by the same. also from the soldiers on the S.5. vessel afe. Mr J. Angwin, Mr. Wanting.

L. A. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Barth, His Majesty's gincoats at first Mr. A. Calvert, Mrs. Calvert, Capt. returned the fire from the two M, Castello, Mrs. Costello, Mr. A. ships 'only," to

facilitate the Campbell,, Mr. Gronhwater, Mias ТОКСЦО

the imprisoned Grennwater. Col.. A. M. B. Cage, of officers. As, however, a heavy rá. Gaze, Mr, A. W. Grimmett, and continuous fire Mr. Grimelt, Mr. J. Gardner, Mrs. directed upon them from soldiers Gardner,. Mr. R. Hall, Mr, A. C. In houses and atreets in the city Hynes, Mr. J. G. Hallom, Mr. C. W. and from entrenched positions on Jeffrier, Mrs. Jeffries, Mr. R. Tant- both sides of the river, the fire was

kan, Mr. J. A. Mackinlñý, Mr HK. eventually returned, and some Prosgor, Mrs. Frossor, Mr. E. G fold-gana were aflenced and cerr Post. Mrs. Post, Miss.C. Hoss, Mr. tain attacking positions wore set A. B. Ramsay, Mrs, Ramsay, Mr. on fire or destroyed.

J. Rea, Mr. A. Rogers, Liedt. W, E. D. Robinson, Mr. J. G. Smart, Miss

AMERICA & CHINĂ.

At about 7.15 p.m., the, Kiawo, having effected the rescue of the officers du board the S.S. Wanhsien. Turner, Mr. J. C. West, Mrs. in spite of heavy losses, proceeded Vest, Mr. W. Woodward, Mrs. under the stern of the SS. Wan-Woodward, Mrs, M. C. E. Watson. tung. The Captain of this vessel, with the Chief Officer and the Chief Engineer, had climbed over the stern rail and had taken refuge on the rubbing strake, whence the two latter attempted to swim to the French gunboat. Doudart de Lagree. The Chief Olléer reached this vessel, but the Chief Engineer was either drowned or shot in the water. His body has not been found,

GOVERNMENT STATEMENT

EXPECTED.

Washington, Jan..5. Mr. Portér, Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has introduced a resolution requesting President Coolidge to negotiate with China independently of the other nationa for the adjustment of extraterri toriality, tariff autonomy other controversial matters.

and

The Kiawe took off the Captain, a.d as the primary object of the operation was then accomplished, and any further altempt to release the vessels would only have led to further bloodshed, the Kiaws stood down river, at 7.25 pm, followed at intervals of ten minutes by H.M.S. Widgeon and Mr. Kellogg has apparently not All these yet decided whether to spend HMS. Cockchafer. ships were heavily fired upon from his statement on American policy "both river banka below the town toward China until the arrival of

The Casualties..

the American Minister from China The British casualties were, on or to depend on telegraphic com- the Kiawo three officers and four munications with him before pre- men killed and one officer and paring a memorandum which will seven men wounded; on H.M.S.be in reply to the British docn- Cockchafer, one officer and five ment. Reuter's American Servire.] men wounded,

It was originally stated, from local offelal Chinese sources dur- Ing, the last week fn-September- that the Chinese losses were about 200 soldiers and 100 civilians kill- ed, and these figures were repeated when His Majesty's Consul at Ichang inspected.the damage to the town with General Yang-sen's Secretary and à member of the Chinese Chamber of Commoree on dth of October. The subsequent publication of largely inflated

gures is therefore clearly falsification of facts..

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On September 7th, General Lau Chin-shan, who was in command al Ichang, offered to negotiate between General Yang Sen and

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LOW POWERED AEROPLANES.

BRITISH AMATEURS SET UP RECORDS.

Rugby, Jan. 5. The two sriall Moth machinça, with engines of only 90 horse- power, piloted by two amateur air- men Stack and Leete, have made re- markuble progress on their flight! to India.

They reached Bundar Abbas. yesterday, and later left for Jask.

cross-

His Majesty's Consul at that place, During the journey they have and it was decided that the Com-made two remarkable sea missioner of Foreign Affairs at irgs, of 250 miles sach, and have Chung-king, Dr. Ki, should come established beveral records for to Ichang, at which place he ar-low-powered machines. British| rived on 16th September.

Wireless..

Singapore, Jan. 5. The Malayan rubber exports for December were 37,000 tons enm- pared with 30,000 last year, and

In the meantime, on 12th Sep- tember. General Lu Chin-ban in- formed His Majesty's Consul that General Yang was willing to hand back the two steamers, but earnest. ly requested that gunboats should not proceed up river until the the exports for the year 391,000 conclusion of negotiations After compared with 317,000 In 1925.

some discussion to facilitate Reuter.

A peaceful settlement. of

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the incident it way on 17th September, conceded that the steamers should be de livered up at 'Ichang through a non-British Intermediary, pilota and crew being provided by Gen- eral Yang-sch.

It was agreed upon by both parties that tho intermediary should be Mr. Lancing Hoyt, n Amerlean, of the Yangtze Rapida Steamship Co, and he, in company with Dr. Ki, left for Wachsien on 20th September. After some discussion there, during which the Chinese officials stated the casualties at the figure to which réference has already been made, he took charge of the two ships and returned to Ichang, at, which place they were both handed over to the British Consul, the S.S. Wal- tung on, the 25th September ana 5.S; Wannsten on 28th September. His Majesty's Consul proceeded up ver in the Kiawd on 30th September, and exchanged visita with Yang-sbh on" the 2ha käˆ 5th of October and thence went to

Chungkin to take... charge

negotiations on

of

out-

standing points for settlement.

From the above, account of the Wanhsle Incident" the follow- Ing points emerge clearly: Not a shot was.Bred by the British.until Are had first been opened by Chin- bae soldiers concealed in SS. Wan helen. Nor did His Majesty's gunboata, fire, on the troops, on land until these gunboats: had themselves been subjected for some time to-a heavy fusilade from the positions on shore. And, finally, it is at no time even claim ed by the Chinese authorities that thore was any cause of complaint whatever against the two akips which were saizod; or their officers" who were forcibly detained. On the contrary, it is plain that the whole incident was provoked by Chinese troops and their leaders.

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