Executions Carried Out on the Bund Hankow, Mar. 19.
Although officially martial law isnot in force in Hankow the increasing vigilance of the military
noticeable. There have been more the past few days "has" been pickets and guards about the streets of Into and executions have been more frequent, On Tuesday two men were exe-uted on the Bund outside the Custom House, this being followed on Wednesday by two others. On Thursday four executions took place on the Bund of the ex. German concession, these men having bern convicted by the Higher Military Authorities, The men execu Wednesday and Thursday were reputed to be Communists. official capacity in the Armies of China. The men shot the ex-German concession are. ported to have been Communists, captured at Macheng, and were! part of the Red Army operating on the Hupeh-Anhuei border. Reuten
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