CHINESE TROUBLE
CHINESE CIVIL WAR. [United Press Association—By Electrir Telegraph—Copyright.] SHANGHAI, June 5. The recent figting in Honan was the severest since the establishment of the (Republic. The -opinion of Kuominohun officers returning hen from the front is that the casualties on both sides nro about equal. They admitted “that Nanking troops repeatedly charged in the face of murderous fire from northern guns. The battle was indecisive however. MISSIONARY STABBED. (Received this day at 8 a.rn.l SHANGHAI, June 5. Dr Clifford Stubbs, a medical missionary, was stabbed to death by a Communist while travelling in a rickshaw in the main street at Chengtu. . NATIONALISTS RETREAT , (SHANGHAI, June 5. Nationalists’ forces are facing defeat on all fronts. A serious situation lias developed. Nankingites retreating and abandoning Shangtung. All hospitals Cnangliai-Nanking railway are tilled ■ v , +V> won"'te'l. Tr"ins nf wounded are passing through Shanghai nightly tc Hano-ohnw. It is exrv'Cted Slmiigshai will fall in+o the hands of Red troops momentarily.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 June 1930, Page 5
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