Hu Han-min and Others Arrested by Ultra-Reds Supported by Money from Moscow: Probabilities of Massacre of All Who Differ from Moscow Hongkong, Aug.28.
The discord between the Communists and anti-Communists the Canton Government has reached such a pitch that Hu Han-mi Wang Ching-wei, and Tsou Lu, tempt to' overthrow Comists, have united themselves with Generals Wei Pang-ping and Liang Hung-kai, whilst General Chiang Kai-shih, acting in co-opera tion with General Hsu Tsung-chi and other military leaders, with the object of annihilating all-the anti-Communists, assumed the post of Commander-in-Chief of the garrisons in Canton on the night of the 2dth instant and at dawn the following day suddenly despatched, 'a squad of Whampoa cadets to the residence of Mr. Hu Han-min, who was arrested and taken under guard on a man.of-war to the Cadets' School at Whampoa. In the mei time, General Liang Hung-kai was also arrested at the Asin Hotel in Canton, but later on was released. beginning of worse things, for he 13 convinced that it would be succeeded by a reign of terror, during which the Bolshevists would slaughter without mercy, in the endeavour finally to wipe out the slightest suggestion of opposition. He said there could be no doubt that this would be a sequel to a Bolshevist victory, and he would be supported in his opinion by any person who saw the savage manner in which the Reds dealt with the Yunnanese, 'As to its effect on foreigners, our informant did not feel competent to express an opinion, there being equally strong reasons why Home governments might argue for and against intervention. He did' not anticipate any danger to the people on Shameen, which now is very strongly protected. It could be menaced only from the air and as H.MS. Hermes could send over a score of aeroplanes to the Settlement in well under an hour there was no great cause for worry.
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