CRISIS IN CHINA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 207, 15 June 1936, Page 5

CRISIS IN CHINA.

THE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS. JAPAN SENDS WARSHIPS. United Presa Association— ~Copyright) 2 b SHANGHAI, June 14. The National Government is still sending troops southward in View at the doubtful attitude if the! Kwangsl troops, who are reported still to be menacing Hunan. Five Japanese warships arrived] at Amoy and landed marines to protect Japanese property. They will proceed to Canton if necessary. ANTI-JAPANESE FEELIN‘G. ‘ LONDON, June 14. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Exchange News Agency says that 100,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians participated in an anti—Japanese demonstration in Canton, shouting the slogans, “Down With Japanese Imperialism” and “Fight the Japanese.” Virulent anti-Japanese speeches were delivered. ' SOUTHERN EVACUATION. ATTACK BY AIR. FEARED. HONG KONG, June 13. The Kwangsi forces, also . the Kwangtung troops are evacuating Lunan after a. skirmish with Chiang Kai~Shek’s defensive line, aggregating 150,000 southerners. They are also nervous of an aerial attack on Canton, in view 'of the National Government concentrating 30 bombing ’planes within 250 miles of the capital.

WAR FEVER» SEIZING CANTON. NANKING, June 12. While the Kwangtung section of the Southern Army has been ordered to halt its advance, Kwangsi troops .are reported to have clashed with the National .‘Government forces. Cantonese military cadets have been ordered to be prepared to go to the front.

A war fever is seizing Canton.