IN EXTREME DANGER
BRITISHERS IN HANKOW
MARINES STONED
FANATICISM UNCHECKED
(Eloc. Tel. Copyright-United Press Assn.) (Sydney Sun Cables.) (Received dan. 6, 3 p.m ) LONDON, dan. 5.
"'The British community here is in extreme danger," cables Sir Perdval Phillips from Hankow to the Daily Mad. Their safety solely depends or. the Chinese military., which has taken no measures to check fanaticism. "A British naval force was ready to land when the Cantonese Commissioner of Foreign Affairs sent a message declaring that if a single shot were fired the Chinese troops, whhh were undependable, would attack the Concession. Native police to-day refused duty, and labor pickets are 'now patrolling the streets. ■'Chinese stoned marines who were embarking. A Chinese guard escorted Mr. Herbert Goffe, the Consul-General, to the Consulate. "A mass meeting of workers demanded that the Cantonese (Government give Mr. Ooffe 72 hours to apologise and disarm the volunteers and police guilty of wounding and killing Chinese; otherwise a general strike would be proclaimed and the Concession blockaded."
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EIGHTH FLOTILLA MANNED
(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association (Received January 6, 3 p.m.) LONDON, January 5.
The Admiralty has announced that the eighth destroyer flotilla has been brought to full'strength tor possible service in the Ear East. It consists of eight destroyers under Flotilla-Leader Bruce, and normally is manned by a two-fifths complement.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 6 January 1927, Page 11
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