Aug. 27, Han.min kas surrendered himself to General Chiang Kai-shek, Commander of the Cadets. He not actually in confinement, but has hoon relieved of tunder ¢love watch.
General Wu Te-chen is generally reported to have fled from Canton, but this fs not correct, He is on Iuave and does not go to his office, Aug. 28, permi for Chinese merchants The Strike Committee has given
to move from foreign godowns be tween August 28 and September 6 goods of non-British production which were purchased previous to the strike—Reuter's Pacific Service.
Aug. 29.
Five prisoners said to be prominent men were executed yesterda General Wu Te-chen now appears; to have fled, probably to the Honam side. Cadets, as well as some of his own troops, guard the police: headquarters.
Aug. 90. eral Leung Hung-kai is reported to have been executed yesterday, The Triumvirate, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, General Hsu Chung-chi and General Cheung Kaishek, now control everything. General Li Fuk-lam, evidently sparing for time, has made some concessions to the "Reds," who, in spite of their outward control, seem uneasy. Most of the Russian' women have left Canton and 35 men have moved into three adjoin.
houses and keep close together.
Whampoa Cadets Too Strong for Any "Pink" Tendencies Peking, Sept. 1.
Foreign telegrams received from Canton yesterday afternoon men-n reliable reports that Mr, Hu Han-min had surrendered to the Whampoa Cadet headquarters a few days previously and was being kept at the Whampoa fort under The city was quiet on August 28 und no more fighting is expected, unless the Cantonese troops in the province should combine in an at tack against Canton.
It is reported in Canton that the Strike Committee has decided to cancel the strike and boycott, 1 cept as regards Br ents of Shameen.
Canton (despatched from Hongkong), Sept. 3.
'The Kuomintangites in Canton have released Mr. Wong Shin-tong, Hongkong compradore of the! Standard Oil Ca, on a ransom amounting to $60,000 being paid,' itis alleged.
There have been no further developments in the Canton situs tion since the Bolshevik coup d'état of August.25, when Br. Hu Han-min acd other Iukewarm adherents! to the Red cause were removed from! power. Many of tke Kuomintangites arrested at that time have
alleged imposters and deserters now are in military custody.
Chekiang Bolshevist Still Supreme]
Canton now is under the absolute command of General Chiang Kaishek, a Chekiang general in the employ of the Soviet High Commission. He is commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy and Garrison Commissioner of Canton.
The 13 men in custody clude Mr. Hu Han-min, who succeeded Dr. Sun Yat-sen og chief! of the Kuomintang and head of the Canton Government, General Leung, Hang-kai, corps commander of the Cantonese Army, and Mr. Mei Kiwang-pei, a former commissioner of Finance of Kuangtung provinces trid lately a divisional commander of the Red Army in the eastern districts of Kuangtung. They will be tried by a special procurate consist.
of nine members, with Gene Chu Peh-teh, a Yunnanese, Special Procurator-General. Other procurators include General Li Fuh-Tin and General Wu Te-chen, who are accused by the arrested met having been responsible for elling" them to the enemy.
number of Canton gunboats have deserted the command of Comrade Seminoff, a member of the Soviet recently placed in charge of all the Canton naval forces. These include the gunboat Chung Shan, so named in honour of the late Dr, Sun Yat-sen. The vessel was izinally a part of the Chinese National Navy. Her present whereabouts are unknown, but she is believed to have joined the Hainan
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