AFFAIRS IN CHINA
GREAT UPHEAVEL EXPECTED. ARMY MUTINIES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PEKIN, June 20. The Dragon Festival has passed the Govternment remains afloat, but foreigners at many points in the interior feel that they are living on a volcano which any day may burst into flames. The Government failed to pay interest on the domestic loan, but an immediate financial crisis was averted. Symptomatic of the times are the mutinies »t Ichang Wuchang, where native troops ran amok, robbing, burning, and killing indiscriminately. Several hundred innocent Chinese were massacred, and considerable damage was done to foreigners’ property. One mile of the principal streets of Wuchang were laid waste. The mutineers were allowed to escape on trains packed with loot. Tbe troops in other districts were temporarily pacified by a part payment of arrears, but they are likely to join in a gririespread revolt at any moment.
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Southland Times, Issue 19257, 22 June 1921, Page 5
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