So far as it has been possible to earn, no foreigners suffered in any manner daring the reign of terror. The British gunboat Moothen evacnated the women and children from Tungshan, and when the radicals found that the Tangshan defence corps had plenty of rifles and ammunition, they gave up the idea of looting that community. The night before they left the town, though, the "Reds" broke into practically every shop on the money mart, Shap Sam Hong (Thirteenth Street), and the piece goods mer chants, and those engaged in many other kinds of business, also had their places entered by force and money and valuable goods stolen. Locks of doors were picked, bars sawed through, and, when the bars sand locks proved to be too much for the robbers, they scaled the wall and stove holes through the walls on the second and higher storeys to gain entrance, Some of the government offices were not entered, but the defending earrison held out against attacks with bombs and attempts were made to burn them out by starting fires in adjacent buildings. One thousand of the 1,500 cadet "officers of Wong Kee-cheung's army remained neutral, the only regular troops aiding the'"Reds" being 600 of these student officers. 'They had been trained at first' by the radical general, Yih Ting, who lately and held Swatow for several di hut later was assigned to General 4th Army. Most of the were Nung 'Tuen, or members of the Peasants' Army, which was disbanded when the government started cleaning out the radicals several months" ago, assisted by many who belong to' the Seamen's Union, the Compositors Union, and other labour. organizations identified with the extreme left. One of the first acts which the ra formed after taking Cat releasing of all criminals found in the gaols, and most of these fought for the "Reds."
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