DESPATCHES FROM THE SCENE OF TROUBLE.
HONGKONG, April 21. A secret court-martial at Canton has commenced. Two thousand Communists were afrested in the recent raid. Fighting is in progress against 8000 Red peasants, concentrating ’ between Sunkai and Yingtak. A naval wireless from Hankow states that the exodus of wealthy Chinese continues, and a financial panic is likely to eventuate. Coolies are organising food-loot-ing raids. A large fire has broken out at Nanking.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 22 April 1927, Page 6
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