Kea Telegrams to Shanghai Held Up Purely Through Red Operations Riga, Mar, 24
According to messages from Mos: cow the Telegraph Office at Shanghas informed the Soviets of its bility. to deliver the Red Trade Union International's telegram ea) gratulating the workers of Shanghai, owing to street fighting 'A message, broadest especially for the benefit of Soviet workers, suggests that the British telegraph officials at Shanghai purposely re-rained from delivering the tele "The time is not far distant," the message says, "when telegrams: nddvesaed to Sir Austen Chamber lain in London will share a similar fate."
'The Soviets are celebrating the capture of Shanghai as though the victory were their: own, Meetings are being held in all towns, at which resolutions, largely anti-British, are! reported to have been passed' and congratulations tendered to the Communist, International.
Workers even as far as Chita ars said to be parading the streets carrying banners inscribed with such Slogans. as "Down with Chamber- White House immediatelr—Reuter. the Horrors of Nanking Washington, Mar. 26.
The American ma indifferent to the finan erful commercial interests China, are fired with intense indignation at the horrors committed at]
Nanking—outrages upon women, the shooting of foreigners and the burning of American institutions.
China is the pre-eminent topic and ousting from the front page mur-dor and love dramas in even the most sensational newspapers, which give prominence to messages from, London referring to the intimate ably the speech by the Britis cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Winston Churchill, last night, in' which lie alluded to the Coldstream Guaris standing: should to shoulder with} American marines The cinemas are tenturing pictures: from the war scenes in which the] appearance of British troops is invariably greeted with enthusiastic cheers. It is freely admitted that the presence of the troops has probably prevented Shanghai down in a welter of rapine and bloodshed.
President Coolidge's in telephoning to the Navy Depart-
Tatest news and instructing it that! is ing the nil despatches should be sent to the to Take Shanghai Shanghai, Mar. 30.
The following interview took place Jat 10 o'clock this morning: between General Chiang Kai-shek, the ICommander-in-Chief of the Southern representatives:—Army, and the local Japanese press
Q—Will you hold yourself responsible for the recent Nanking ident A—Yes, T will, Q—Then, what measures are you going to take to discharge your obligations?
A.—I can not tell at present. must wait for the result of investigations.
Q—Can you assure that the! Southerners will not resort to force to recover the Shanghai International Settlement A—Yes, Q—Do you fully recognize the present Central Executive Committee Shanghai Special Di the Central Ex" am now in commu with the Central Exeeuti mittee regarding the matter, there are several points as regards the conditions here about which the Central Executive Committee is not Reuter is informed that there question of refusing to deliver The position. is. that|MORE DUTCH MARINES FOR do han been physialiy impose to so. outside the settlement re issued an appeal to their friends throughout Shanghai for funds to carry out relief work anong those rendered homeless by the fires which were started ix that section last week by the Communists,
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