SCENE OF BLOODSHED

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 5

SCENE OF BLOODSHED

WHEN' BRITISH FIRE BEGAN

ORGANISED MILITARY ATTACK

ON SHAMEEN.

. (SIDNEY SON CABLE.) (Received 26th June, 11.30 a.m.) CANTON, .25th. June. An eye-witness of Tuesday's disturbances says that even little boys in the procession jumped about like dervishes, drawing their hands' across their throats and bodies, indicating what they wanted done with the forslgners, and shouting in English and French, "Kill the foreigners 1" The procession passed the French Concession, which was well guarded. Opposite the English! Concession, 'where there was little sign of preparedness, someone in the crowd fired "two shots, and their soldiers immediately opened fire, which was then returned". One Shameen official states that the | actual attack was made by Whampoa students, led by - Russian Bolsheviks. Following them were three thousand soldiers, disguised as Yunnanese labourers. Almost immediately twenty carefullyconcealed machine-guns opened fire upon the mob hammering at the gates of the Shameen, and decimating them as they came forward. The mob reeled and fell back inSjonfusion, exposing theinnocent spectators behind them for a time to tho terrific fire which had been concentrated upon the actual attackers. After this ceased, smping continued for some time, and then suddenly ceased. Tho evidence from all quarters is that it was not a peaceful procession, biit' a thoroughly organised military attack. 30 KILLED AND 70 WOUNDED It is authoritatively stated . that the Chinese casualties at Canton on 23rd June did not oxcecd thirty killed and seventy wounded.