Thursday, Jan, 9—Tho morn jing. downed to find-a quieter street Tao A.-P. C. building was picket fed ea that: I'was unable to get to my office. The-people onthe stroote [were insolent. and: the Cantonese: soldiers and pickets made- things [very hard ferus. There were some: nasty tales; in. circulation: of: mom: [being held'up: for money by cool lea; with ugly. looking: knives. Someone. shouted-after us "Ta: yang ren ("Beat the foreigner.") "One of' the: prinefpal reasons for a quieter day: twas due to-a proclamation bein Jesucd to the effect that anyones posed and the Central Executive] Committee of the party has, auth-erizod the organization of a Tcheka, modelled after the Russisn porto-type, Even the Russian name Yetained, the Chinese characters not Yeing a' translation but a trans iteration of the word.
The activities of the Teheka are at first to be limited to purging the Kuomintang of anti-Russian elements, Five groups of persons fare interdicted, Firstly, those who attended the Kuomintang Conference in the Western Hills outside Peking, when the principles generally referred to as Sunyatsenisma were Rose promulgated ea the principles of the party. Secondly, persons who are-associated with the Kuomintang, below Anking, where: a battle, in pound were I! emsining there and ch. the Southern troops were were. fully armed; according te) bei Pushed' back, was going on. of authority, 'What they are doing there, 'The Refugees do not know," Mr. Archibald said. The following is a list of tha 'They are under strict orders not pas sengers arriving by the Kung-fire at a Chinese.'
At this time the. editor waxed Prom Tehang ex. atr, Shasi—Misses stand taken by the military ni ores, Fee, Sandel warm in his denunciation of the
tra, allen, "t child" and defend the concession. against the gri nurse; Mrs. Williams and' 2 Tiron; "Mra, Starling and 8 children} onslaught of the Chinese mob on rs Tiversedge_ and 2 children; Str. the fateful January 4.
'He expressed the opinion that the is] whole affair was mismanaged. In his opinion there was no more: need' *|for the concession to-day to.be in Bolshevik hands than peaceful id 3 children, ai]
tso Walker ts al Shanghai, anc At the time of the affair the lby discussing the situation. Gradually a crowd collected outside and we formed up in line facing the JGoor. Imagine 60 men surrounded. lus a howling mob of hundreds with ct orders not to fire, completely trapped by a savage yelling crowd. 'They yelled' and' surged. round: the place and: we expected the. worst: Jany moment, for it would: have been an easy matter to fire the building, A Sudden Incongruity When the tension was at its height a company of Chinese soldiers halted outside and: the crowd' wa: pushed' back, We gathered' that a [Chinese generebavas coming to inspect us and we ad to. present unns. The. sudden incongruity of found rioting or looting would executed on the spot!
Friday, Jan, 7%—The whole day: was quiet but indications of a grave: situation arising brought matters: to:
head. I remained at, home until 11.45 in the morning when I heard! that it was possible to get. into th, A.P.C, building and to my ofos. which is inside, Arriving at the: building Iwas admitted and. found, that 100 young men had collected:
endeavoured to find out the reason for their presence but could not Jobtain information.
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