CHINESE MUTINY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 287, 4 December 1929, Page 7

CHINESE MUTINY.

. GOVERNMENT TROOPS. ■ Arrears Of Pay And Order To Proceed With Battle. 1 CIVILIANS KILLED IN RIOT. I (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) % (Received 9.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, December 3. The non-payment of wages, coupled ' with dislike of the order to proceed with the Canton fight against the revolting "Ironside" troops precipitated a mutiny in the regiment of the 24th Division of the Nationalist Army, commanded by General Sliih Yu-san at Pukow, opposite Nanking, to-day. Tlie soldiers looted the shops in the principal streets and fled to surrounding districts. Other troops were called . in to quell the mutiny. This resulted in considerable shooting on the outskirts of Pukow. A number ' of civilians were killed, and several houses were burned. The Pukow-Nan-king ferry service is suspended. A report states that last evening the initial lighting for the possession of Canton commenced in earnest. Wounded men are arriving at Canton. Reinforcements are being rushed by the Cantonese Government, which sent an order to strengthen the resistance. The Kwangsi forces have steadily advanced on Canton in the last few days, in conjunction with the Nanking "Ironsides." MANCHURIA AFFAIR. French Note To China and Soviet. KELLOGG PACT REMINDER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, December 3. The French Government have presented a memorandum in terms similar to those presented by Britain and the United States to the Chinese and Soviet Governments, calling their attention to the latter's obligations under the Kellogg Pact in connection with the situation in Manchuria.