The Archive · 1927

Chance of a Grave Accident

Liu Hao, the previous Commissioner of Foreign Affa months ago. to the Commssioner of Customs he: made use of the following express sions in reference to the crew of the Customs launch Changhsing who had been dismissed for refusal to "We have to inform you that the Commissioner of "Foreign wont, rh be fund He happend! one evening to be in the room of Gen. Teng, Kiukiang' Serra Senate, when the rier acasae Tate ree po pone Liu Hao. Gen, Teng a friend 1g, Ren tend ai, grice ACT tet meng a British destroyer and refused to sancti Sener ud rte danger. He wished to leave by the Mar A sted cee fea Bou see Zr" Maniu. steamers going down river for several days, he took a British stea er going up to Hankow that! same afternoon and will stay on that steamer until it goes down again to Nanking. Naturally he will take very good care not to go ashore ogreer f aloe ave lost our Commissior low are the mighty fallen! First of all they threat and then they chat fle fora stem they oriental and how very contemptible. sions is to visit the oon "ier ata te, eat may find friends on board who can supply news from the other ports up and down the river. Lately, however, few British appear to have been travelling on British Steamers ranting Brea ces first class accomodation of the eae a earn by ugh Does Natal Goverment Bolshevie Government. What a very strange country, that we should carry these gentry in our hated ate em oar instead of allowing them enjoy the journey between Shanghai in their own native Kiangsi Controlled by Communists May 9. evident that the whole province Tt is every day growing

Kiangsi hay passed into the control of the Kuomintang Communist left wing, whoo headquarters are Hankow. The troops of Chiang Kai-shek's ist Army, who were reported to be invading the province from the east, have failed to materialize, From every direction reports come! in showing that the Labour Union, ce-operating with Communist magis-crates, are firmly seated in. the saddle. They rule the province with 'a heavy hand." There is neither justice nor safety for any. Even those who know and live had experience of the results of Bolsheyism are surprised at the rapidity with which conditions have deteriorated to a state of chaos.

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