BRITISH MARINES STONED

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10353, 27 September 1926, Page 5

BRITISH MARINES STONED

CITY COMPLETELY RED SPIES EXECUTED DAILY. HEADS DISPLAYED ON LAMP POSTS. (Received 9.55 a.m.) PEKIN, September 26. Advices from Hankow state that the most important interior oi the city appears to become completely ied, the citizens reacting violently to the invaders’ propaganda, and frequently stoning British marines end officers without reprisals. They required to be dispersed by Red troops, who appear to have lost control of the situation. Mass meetings, held daily under the auspices of Labour organisations, aic attended by all grades of society. Streets are denuded even ot rickstiaws. Revolutionary leaflets are bein-> distributed wholesale. Ihe Reds are in possession of tlie telegraphs. They are refusing code messages, and censoring others. Reports from the front are iii favour the reds. B u-pei-iu's headquarters at Sinyang—chow were captured, following a led incorporation with notorious redspear bandits, who partieipa to in the capture ot Wu-pei-fu, and be was forced to retreat northwards. Sun-chuang-fang in order to attach tlie reds in the rear, ordered five steamers, loaded with IO.CXX) troops to run the gauntlet up the river iliioujzli red batteries. The mai.oouvre j,s believed to be succeeding, many spies are executed dailv, and their beads displayed on lamp p.>sts. . k-Mnmiong, foreigners are stocking foodstuffs and erecting barricades in expectation of the arrival of the reds.

Firing on foreign ships continues sporadically. There have been few native casualties.