Clash Between Red Troops and Merchant Volunteers: A New General Strike Begun Canton, Oct. 11.
A_now merchants' strike began fon Friday. All the department stores and banks are closed.
There was an hour's fighting on. Friday afternoon on the Bund. The ant Volunteers were unloading their arms and ammunition when the Labour Volunteers, the so-Jed Red Army, interfered. casualties numbered 10.
The Merchant Volunteers are to-day strongly in evidence in the western part of the city—Reuter's Pacific Service, Canton, Oct. 10.
To-day the Canton Government: handed 5,000 rifles to the Merchants' Volunteer Corps with a view to putting an end to the general strike, but at 3 o'clock this after-
Moon, when the said rifles were just about to be landed at the wharf under supervision by the troops under General Li Fu-lin, a ski occurred between the troops in question and merchant volunteers, who happened to come to the landing place after making a demonstration throughout the Both sides, fired at random in all directions, and there were casualties among the merchant volunteers, including Jone of their leaders. The volunteers! ]who participated in the scuffle have all been arrested by General Li Fu-Tin's men and are being taken into Jcustody.—Eastern News Agency.
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