WAR IN CHINA

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 24 December 1926, Page 6

WAR IN CHINA

(Per Press Association—Copyright 1 HANKOW, December 22. I Three thousand five hundred delegates attended the anti-British Assembly. The Soviet representative, M. Borodin,, said China’s prosperity would follow the overthrow of the British, and their ally General Chang-Tso-Lm. The extremist, Sunfo, said the British, had played off party against party. Mr Miles Lampson’s pretended friendship was “sweet words from a sour heart.’’ Everything British must be destroyed by a boycott, withdrawing all (Chinese from British enterprises, and uniting China. India and Batavia, as a preliminary to a resolution of the world'.’’ workers, in which the remaining monarchs would follow China’s Emperor. Field workers in Hupeh threaten not to cultivate their fields, involving a famine. PEKIN. December 22. Two Cantonese divisions of 10.000 apiece, invaded Chekiarijr from Kiangsi. The advance guard, 20 miles south of Hangchow, is commandeering Christian churches, but not disturbing missionaries. Thp officers) are polite, and the troops well behaved, bit thev leav« their quarters filthy, plastering the walls with anti-Christian posters Hangchow is tranquil. It is occupied by some thousands of loyaf troops, which are being reinforced. SHANGHAI. December 22. It is reported from Ruling, a health resort in the nicuntainq adjacent to Kiukiang, that the British Consul bis advised foreign residents to leave, as h? is unable to guarantee their safety. Killing is entirely controlled southern troops, who openly boast of their intention to take over’the foreign business houses and residences. Patients of the Community Hospital are being evacuated. It is expected that the other resi dents will reach Shanghai in a days.