CHINESE UPHEAVAL
ANTI-FOREIGN RAIDS.
MISSIONARIES LEAVE POSTS. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received 10 a.m. to-day. PEKING, Nov. 4. A. sudden increase in nnti-foreign feeling at Liuvang, Hunan province, forced flic closing of the Wesleyan mission and the evacuation of seven British missionaries, all of whom have safely arrived at- Changsha with their possessions, after harrowing experiences and narrow escapes from violence at the hands of the students. The properties of British shipping and oil firms nearby were destroyed by the radicals. Missionaries from various Changsha neighbourhoods are dribbling in on foot and on horseback, fleeing from the wrath of the agitated populace, which is stirred by Red propaganda. Several Lutheran missionaries report that the. Northern generals are preparing for a concerted anti-Red drive towards Hankow. In the meantime, reports have been received of numerous sanguinary encounters and minor massacres as the result of guerilla ambuscades between the opposing forces, with heavy loss of life.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 November 1926, Page 5
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157CHINESE UPHEAVAL Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 November 1926, Page 5
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