WAR LORDS AGREE

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 7

WAR LORDS AGREE

ARMISTICE IN CHINA.

i Rivals Join Forces To Drive j I Out Reds. HANKOW ALARMED. ( : ; (By Cable—l'ress Association.—Copyright.* > ( ißcrpived p.m "i SHANGHAI, July 17. | The immediate cessation of hostili- = ,t:es between the Northern and Can-j c J tonese armies in Shantung is expected i i as the result nf the signing of an j - armistice at Tsinan yesterday. j !■ "I his v ''» s earned nut !.y Chang Chung- • ! . i-hang. the Northern commander as i ' delegate, aml (. liiang Kai-shek, the ■ ■i■ <•:-I]i —;111<> "l the Cantnne.se forces | ' = ■'s?iti «'illi'tl liy the Nanking Goverinnent. ' * Ihe ai m i.-t ice has liren arranged in' order to enable Chiang Kai-shek to eon-if '•(•ntratc on hi< efforts to subjugate Han- i t kow, which remains th - huso of tlie Coin- ' munis?n' activities ! f Large movements . t Nanking troops j s : towards Hankow aiv proceeding and 1 t ■-evcral large Chinese river boats are j> transporting troops up the river in pre-: ( '.paration for an offensive. Hankow is watching these develop- , ' "tout- with alarm. Martial law has t oitii di-i-lared in the city. ( SOVIET IN SHANGHAI.', I j. i Finance Dealings With Hankow j } Communists. i POLICE VISIT BANK. : , , t Rrrpj vpd 11 ain i ; ! SHANGHAI, July 17. ! ' j Act ,ng at tlv requesi of the Chinese j , [authorities, tip- municipal police con- * ] jducted a raid and search of the Soviet's', I Far Eastern Bank. I, i The object, was the securing of proofs , ' ; of financial transactions with C'omraun- I 'ists in shanghai for the transmission of' l funds to the Cntnmuni.-t ic (lovcrnnicnt in Hankow. f "The p. dice discovered information i which, it is understood, will enable the . arrest, in the near future, of many pre- ' i vmusly un-uspected Soviet agents. | 'I he raid was carried out during the : : busie-t hour, when officials had no susI picion that anything of that nature . would be attempted. The police entered the hank and; ported men at the entrances, preventing ! i the employees from leaving. A systematic search of documents re- ! vcaled incriminating details of activities of ( hinese Communists. The bank | official, offered no re.-istance and the i p;cm:i-c- were sealed up.