SAILORS' MUTINY
CANTON WARSHIPS TWO RUN THE GAUNTLET HONGKONG, June 17 The arrival of two Chinese warships, the Hai Chi and the Hai Shen, outside Hongkong this afternoon was the first indication of a naval mutiny in Canton. It is reported that after a fight with Cantonese forces, the crews of the warships succeeded in escaping. Steaming down the Peiwl River to Hongkong, the mutineers ran the gauntlet of the Bocca and Tigris forts. The warships forced their way past the fortifications of Wang Tong and also escaped bombs from aeroplanes. After heaving-to off Hongkong the mutineers sent to the city a launch containing three seriously wounded members of the crews. The mutiny has no political significance, Canton Government officials state, as they anticipated some discontent following pay cuts in the Navy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22139, 19 June 1935, Page 11
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