The British gunboats merchant vessele left Chungl early en the morning of March detained for few days more. According to wwe brought by arrivals at Shans-wai during: the past few day, Tupan Liu Hsiang duly fulfted his Muh-hour decision to deal effectively swith the Communists. The m procession "to institute place ay arranged on Maxch Lut something else, not fartanged by the Communist, also happened, 'The Tupan's men, dress in plain clothe but nomed with Mauser pistols, participated in the procession, ostensibly' as. demonstra tors or onlookers. Attempts wore made to loot and burn the Consulates ax well as Chinese premises, and at a pre-arranged signal. the Mausere were brought into. play from many different. points, with effects disastrous for" the' Communists. The easvalties numbered fas many as 200, including mary, women and girly,' and a very lay number were sounded either by bullets or in the stampede that. followed the opening of fire, Many carvaltion occurred when the mob, finding that the city gates were locked as pre-arranged, climbed the parapets. and flung themselves in terror to the ground below. Numbers were killed or wounded by being flung down and trampled on in the frenzied attempts of the mob to escape the Nemesi which fell upon them,
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