CHINA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18590, 26 June 1922, Page 5

CHINA

THE SOUTHERN SITUATION

DR SUN YAT-SEN’S REFUGE.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

SHANGHAI, June 23. A Canton despatch announces the death of Wu Tin-fang, a former Minister to Washington, and more recently Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Foreign Minister. Wu Tin-fang fled with Dr Sun Yat-sen when Canton was attacked.—A. and N.Z. Cable. PEKING, June 24. (Received June 25, at 5.5 p.m.) The crest of the Kiangsi mutiny has passed. The death roll is 4000. Four cities have been severely damaged. Dr Sun Yat-sen is on board his own warship at Canton. He declared, “I have not resigned office, but will fight on,” claiming that the Southerh navy was loyal. Looting continues in Canton, despite Chen’s threat of death to offenders. The presidential residences have been ransacked.—A. and N.Z. Cable. It seems likely that the affected province is that of Kiang-si in Eastern China, it being a second province from the coast. The capital city to which the gunboat Cockchafer has been despatched is Nan-Chang-fu, where Mr and Mrs Kaudercr are stationed. The town reported to he burned is evidently that of Kian-fu, where are stationed two Swedish and two American lady missionaries. These probably are amongst the ladies who have been attacked. A Dunedin missionary. Miss K. E. Cooke, is working in the southern part of this province. This province has never hitherto been hostile to missionaries, and has been worked for 38 years without loss of life, even during the Boxer trouble. The nearest port (on the river Yong-tse-Kiang) to the danger zone is the town of Kiu-Kiang-fu, The province is about 400 miles long by 200 miles broad, and there are many foreign merchants with their families in these parts. Mrs M. A. Russell (nee Reid), now of this city, laboured for a year in the affected province.