Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lecker-Lampson, said that,'so far as was known up-to the resent, there had been no Bri casualties in the recent riots at Canton.
British Wireless through Reuter. had ridden in state, the honoured advisers, teachers and assistants of high' officials of the Kuomintang Government, their arms now pinioned behind them, a line of soldiers flanking them on exch jame say that ut least one of the Consular staff has been put to death, but official confirmation of this report is lacking.'
Whereabouts of Eugene Chen ickong, Dec, 16.
No news has been received here from Canton regarding the where abouts of Mr. Eugene Chen, who is reported to have left Yokohama with two Chinese companions about the! 4th of this month on board a Norwegian steamer which was] bound for Canton direct.
Arrivals from Canton state that ten supposed Rulssian Bolsheviks; were paraded round the town ca ing placards on their shoulders with details of their alleged crimes. The public, they say, was invited to do with them as it pleased with the} consequence that many helpless: Prisoners were slashed with pen-Knives. and spat. upon as they tramped their sorrowful way to the execution ground.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.