REVOLT AT CANTON.
FOIMF’S COUNCIL ESTABLISHEI
GOA IA fU NI STS IN CONTROL
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SHANGHAI. Dec- 13. The Canton Communists have established a People’s Council, modelled on the Soviet Government. On? of the prominent Commissars i; the notorious leader of the Seamen’s Union, the sworn enemy of the- British. He openly declared that he aims at .-rippling the trad:? of Hong Kong ,anq iso-luting the colony. The Commissar for War is the former c-hief (secretary of Borodin. Refugees continue pouring into Hong Kong, nrincipallv wealthy residents, ’he Hong Kong banks nrp receiving huge deposits from officials of the late Canton anti-Red regime. The f'om mu rusts continue to control the city. NATIONALISTS CL ATM RECAPTURE OF CITY. SHANGHAI. Dec. 14. Japanese reports state that thp N-a-ti-onaist troops attacked Canton, from the south-west and drove out the Communists beyond the city wall after a desperate fight. Local Nationalists claim the recapture of the city, but the report is not verified. Independent sources report that the Nationalist- Government has ordered the Foreign Minister to break off relations with Russia and close all the consulates in Nationalist territory.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 December 1927, Page 5
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