GRAVE TURN

Northern Advocate, 17 June 1925, Page 5

GRAVE TURN

CHINESE DISRUPTION

POINT-BLANK ASSASSINATION.

OF BRITISH EMPLOYEE,

(Received 10.45 a.m.)

PEKIN, June 16,

The growing calm at Shanghai was tragically set back by murder and wounding respectively of two British residents.

Mr William MacKenzie, of 'the municipal electricity department, took Miss Duncan in a motor car outside the settlement limits. Seven Chinese dressed as coolies stopped the car. Mr MacKenzie got crat and asked what the Chinese wanted. The latter turned on flashlights and fired revolvers, missing Mr MacKenzie, who rushed back and started the car under a fusillade. Mr MacKenzie was then, hit and fed dying.

Miss Duncan, though wounded in both arms, drove off, endeavouring to hold up her dying companion. She had proceeded 1000 yards when she mistakenly entered a new road which was being constructed and ran straight into .a six-foot ditch. Miss Duncan screamed, but failed to attract attention. She left the derelict car, ran to a house and communicated -with the police.

Miss Duncan's wounds were not serious. Mr MacKenzie died in a few seconds.—Reuter.

mercenaries disarmed.

RAILWAY MEN RESUME,

(Received 10.45 a.m.)

PEKIN, June 16. Cant an messages state that practically, all the mercenaries are now disarmed. end that many have enrolled in the Government "army. They will be used as a labour corps. •

The . railway men resumed work OK Monday.—Reuter.

NAVAL VIGILANCE.

STUDENTS' MEETINGS BANNED.

(Received 12.40 p.m.) PEKIN, June 1«.

The British Consul at Swatow telephoned that a general strike had b«» gun and that naval protection was required. Consequently the warship Bluebell proceeded to Swatow.

The warship Hawkins arrived at - Nanking and landed marines to protect the cold storage. Kurling is undisturbed and Kui-kiang is quiet. The destroyer Stewart landed American marines ;to co-operate in defettee of the Concession. ' „ • .

Tfnrest, is Reported --from £oocboV and Amoy.

Japanese' reports " ftom Mukden state;'that precautionary measures are keeping .down anti-foreignismi The Schools controlled by Europeans and Japanese remain shut. The Chinese schools ere carrying on under the supervision "of selected Chinese pdltt? from Nankow.

The Governor of Hupeh has ordered the arrest of a Communist leader and four student leaders from-Pekin.

The chief executive -at Pekin called an urgent meeting of counsellors at which ii was decided to prohibit students' meetings in the eapital.

Four regiments -of Fen Yah Siang's troops-headed yesterday's demonstration in which students, boy scouts, labourers and uniformed policemen participated.—Reuter.

HATRED OF JAPANESE,

DEMONSTRATION OBJECTIVE.

(Received 1 p.m.)

PEKIN, June 16,

The British Consul-General has vigorously protested in connection with the murder of Mr MacKenzie.

In view of rumours of possible anti-foreign riots the barricades and wire entanglements round the Legations have been strengthened.

Following on the Shanghai riots accounts by Japanese officials and the press revealed an inclination to the blame for the disturbances on, British officers employed by tho Shanghai municipality. However, the killing of Japanese and the destruction of Japanese property showed that the shooting in Shanghai and other phases of tho situation did not side-track Chinese agitators from their original plan of a demonstration against the Japanese, and lately the Japanese officials and the press are showing a more generous attitude.— Reuter.

FOUR DESTROYERS.

LEAVE FOR SHANGHAI.

(Received 3.5 p.m.)

TOKIO, June 16.

Four destroyers have been despatched from Sasebo by the Japanese Government, their destination being Shanghai.—Reuter.