Red Army's Order to Disband 50,000 Merchant Volunteers in Kuangtung Province The process of disarming the Merchants Volunteers by order of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, has been going fon in Fatshan, Tungkin, Sainam, Jand other towns in Kuangtung where people's movement exists, since October 16 (writes the "Hongkong Daily Press's" Chinese correspondent). It appears that Dr. Sun's Red Army has been instruct fed to arrest all officers of the Volunteer Movement, and if it has its way, all the Volunteers in Kuangtung, mow numbering nearly 50,000 scattered in 188 different towns and cities throughout the province, will be disarmed and executed, Dr. Sun Yat-sen has been exacting, $300 from each Canton shop not burned down by him October 15, und according to his friends who are denying that he is still shoot ing down members of families of the Volunteers he strangles only real members of the Merchants Volunteer Corps when they are found still residing in Canton. Hix friends also warrant the truth of the report that those laying down their arms are not being shot, only being detained, but will be, of course, shot, if the Merchants Volunteers show any sign of returning to the city organized and under arm:
The Canton Press Association building is threatened with destruc: tion by the Reds, unless 15 rifles, thereof, are forth the charge against the as-that its comments: recently have not been always favourable to Dr. Sun Yat-sen Latest reports available "show that the incendiarism connected with the Canton Massacre committed by Dr, Sun's Reds resulted in wholly or partially destroying 24 wards and streets, involving 636 buildings on 28 streets party burned. As to the buildings "on six streets wholly wiped out, some have estimated the number to be thousand and upward, The deaths of Volunteers October 15 during the street. battles; according to latest report, did not number more than 50, while the Gendarmes and Emergency Corps of the Red Army had up to the evening of the 16th buried some 163 men commanded by the Red commander of the day, Wa Te-chen, and 121 belonging to the regiments of Li Took-lum,
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