CANTON RISING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 17, 19 December 1927, Page 7

CANTON RISING.

PUNISHMENT OP RUSSIANS. RUTHLESS - SLAUGHTER. . SHANGHAI, Dec. 17. Details are arriving from Canton showing the vengeance of anti-Soviets following the re-taking of the city and the punishment meted out to the Russians, who directed the uprising. It is reliably reported that the Nationalist troops have seized all Russians connected with the Consulate, men and women, irrespective of position, and numbers of these were executed immediately. The Consul General, his family and 6taff were taken prisoners. The report that they were executed is not confirmed. A sad procession of Soviets marched through the dusty. streets roped together and bearing placards stating the crimes they had committed and inviting the public tb commit acts of violence. As a result many prisoners were slashed with knives and otherwise injured and mutilated. Several former Russian advisers to Koumintang were among those executed. The Canton .streets were littered with the corpses Communists.' Goods trucks loaded with bodies were moved to the country, testifying to the ruthless slaughter by the Government troops. Blocks of buildings were demolished by a fire which Occurred in the Government offices...

Carts piled high with bodies made a procession through the streets. The • Cantonese - leaders denounce the Russian conspiracy which, has been responsible for the appalling scenes of devastation and demand that the Russians be driven out of the country . It is officially reported that thousands were killed at the re-taking of the city, in which Chinese gunboats, were prominent.—A. and N.Z. cable.