IN CHINA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 4 September 1926, Page 5

IN CHINA.

SITUATION CRITICAL. REDS THREATEN HANKOW. Press Association-Electric Telegraph-Copyright. PEKING, Thursday. The situation in Cliiua is the most critical that has arisen -since the revolution of 1911. v The Central Government is threatened with extinction iby Bolshevik 'Chinese forces. An expedition, under Russian leadership, threatens to capture Hankow. Marshal Wu-pei-fu, the defending commander, was grounded in the chest today. The tide of -battle/favours the Cantonese defence. Reinforcements arc being rushed from the north. Yesterday Wuchang was captured. Red, forces are threatening the city. _ British warships are rushing marines to the defence of the foreign residents in Hankow, and aro convoying merchantmen. They threaten to fire,at the first shot from the .Red, forces. Marshal Sun-ehuan-fang, who,is con- j trolling Shanghai, is sending reinforcements to assist Wu-pei-fu. There is no doubt that the Russian. Soviet is largely financing the whole expedition.-—Ans. and IiT.Z. Cable Assn. WU PEI-FU DEPOSED. ' / (Received -Saturday, 11.15 a.m.) ~ PEKING, Friday, General Wu Pei-Fu .is reported to have beep .deposed, from eommaiul of. the - anti-Canton allies, and is now virtually a prisoner aboard a war-vessel. Bothe aides are preparing for a decisive battle for possession of Hankow, which is overcrowded with refugees.— Reuter. ,