It Is rumoured that the Consul and Vice-Convul of the Soviet Con-late at Canton were apprehended by Chinese troops yesterday and now are detained at the Public Peace Preservation Bureat It is rumoured also. that, as General Yeh Ting, a leader of the Communist troops, is hiding in the Soviet Consulate, the Chinese authorities now are demanding his It is reported from Canton that! several Russian officers, after being examined by General Pi Yueh, were! marched round the city in. motorcars flying banners bearing the words:—"The citizens are a "The Canton branch of the Polfeal Council of the Kuomintang has sued a decree, ordering that Chiefs of various departments of the Kuangtung Provisional Government be discharged and disciplined. The gist of the decree reads:—
"Recently, insurgents rose in revolt against the Government and indulged in looting and burning of the city. Though military leaders in Canton immediately quelled the outlaws, they could not nip the uprising in the bud, with the result} that the citizens have suffered heavy: damage.
Change Fa-kuei, Chief Commissar of the Provisional Military: Council; Huang Chi-hsiung, Commander of the dth Army; Chu Hul-Ji, Chief of the Public Peace Preservation Bureau; and Chen Kung-po should be dismissed from their Posts and be dealt with by later
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