The Archive · 1928

Atrocities Extending

Kading, Apr. 19.

The communist disturbance in Kading is growing from tad to worse, a8 their activities have been extending to the Southern and Northern sections of the city:

The town of Worching has been entirely burned down by the com munists and several people ruthlessly killed. The town of Lohtuchino was visited by a group of communists on board two stean launches early in the morning of April 18. Anting, which is un the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, i8 likely to be affected by the communist troubles in the immediate fature. An urgent telegram has been despatched by the Anting gentry to General Chien Ta-chung. asking for troops to be sent at once to cope-with the situation. Several police have recently been killed by the communists at Lohlichiao, where the trouble proves to be worst of all, Despite the fact that four communists. were beheaded at the above place in public, the disturbances continues as before. The pre Sent situation at Kading, there fore, proves to be of a most critical nature—Kuo Wen.

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