The Archive · 1926

SHOOTING ON "THE YANGTZE

French Protest Lodged

Paris, Oct. 21. ccording to the "Jour-French Government has sent to Peking a diplomatic protest against the shooting at the gunboat} Alerte.—Havas. had been captured by the Souther-done for. gram comes from Nanking 5 it has declared independence, so he thought he had better follow suit) and get rid of all the Northern troops which were hurriedly bundled off. Some were without sufficient clothing, and very little for travelling expenses, and the local militia followed them and the railway was cut somewhere between here and Shanghai. The Kuomintang got their flags out, and did British, Imperialism, ete. Students belong:

some of the Christian Col-process told, took part in the

A young man, a grandson of one of the old and famous Hangchow. families, who has been some time in Canton, brought the bait to Governor Hsia, offering him the position of Commander of the 18th Division if he joined the South. He. did not succeed and no Kuomintang flags wave over the yamen.

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