mon Oun Own Comnesronext Foochow. Aue. 8 chow, Panic spread over a aeciion of the and ity ihis evening. when the sound of succession of explosions from a district only two miles outside "the Quiet at Foochow Boundaries gave rise to reports that Washington, Aug. 7. {he Communist-bandiis, "who. had Foochow is quiet and the city is been even off by the prompt action Jin no immediate danger of attack of the Government troops rushed. by the Communists, the U.
Poochow when they captured Palsha, Sacramento advised the Navy Dehhadrelurned. and were again Ureat: partment by wireless, to-day. ening, Ingulries revealed that a band The American gunboat, which was of Reds had, apparently, come within sent to the Chinese city from Shang-Stew miles'and acropisnes had been hai when the "reds" were reported Sent out to bomb. them. "Altogether to be only twelve miles away, radio-bout forty bombs were dropped. ed that Government troops had push-"The news which Altered through fed back the Communists and held later that the Communist bandits had the Min River south of Sukow.—been repulsed eased the tension, but United Press. throughout the night. until "now there are sine of general unease Churches Burnt Down to-do Chinese have sent their families {tis reported that many of the well-Shanghai, Aug. 9. fo Nantal the foreign settlement, to The French sloop Tahure left Mamoi, be under the protection of the for the sea port of Foochow, on Wedn tien warsbipe there assembled. The day for Santuao in Fukien to in-amullas of some of the Government vestigate a report that two French Giiclals. have been sent to. Teang-Catholic churches had been looted hienshan, where a force of Chinese and burnt by Communist-bandits at marines has been landed Tuan and Funing in the north-west Exact Information as to the move-of the province, according to usualments of the Rede is dificult to 0b-ly reliable reports from the Fukien {ain and there are many confiding capital yesterday. No details of the Tumours. he city, however. 1s gen= alleged outrages had been received erally regarded. as' safe against any here late last night thing but the most grant treachery.
'The Catholic Church, represented 'There are 3000 soldiers Inside, with by "Spanish Dominicans, have a another regiment in the forlications urge mission in Funing, where an outside, and two more regiments at apostolic vicariate has its' headquart-Palsba''and Tah, whence they have ers under the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Theo-riven the Reds. "There. is an. dare Labradore, vicar apostolic. The confirmed report that there are 300 sisters of St. Paul de Chartres also Reds at Hungshanehiao, near the have a convent in the city. Funing sity. Tt erally be-howeve about eighty miles up the Fukien eved th Red troops are coast from Mamoi, while Santuao in the neighbourhood, they are only situated in a large bay about body having ity miles to the north. Puan, Interior city, is accessible from' Santuao, the Government reinforcements.
"According to information received In'spite of reports of perfect peace hana mal band of Tat than 300 Shanghai last night the Commun-in Foochow, the scare raised by the near approach of the -Communists suburb of Helntlen, outside the North ber, attempted. to storm the appears to exist still. According the same reports, a number of plain Gate of. the city. The. defend clothes Red emissaries were report to have made their way into the Sroushtavtilery and bombing. nero Fukien capital with the idea of emplanes into play. and repulsed them darrassing the Government forces filth severe losses pursuing the main body of the re-Canton Ca-operation treating Reds from Suikow. The rumour of the presence of these Canton, Aug. 7. plain clothes men caused a minor After remaining tranquil for the financial panic in the city, but it jast. seven months, the Kuangtung-does not seem to have been very Fukien frontier has again become serious in effect. the scene of considerable military activity on account of the tense] Communists Surrounded Situation in, Fukien caused by the!
Frost Oun Own Commsronent Communists' threat to advance on Foochow.
'Under orders from Gene Foochow. Aug. 10, eral Chen Chis sug, Who has agreed Reassuring news on' the Communist inking situation here hat reached the city.
len inthe fight itis reported that the 67th Division Revtleds, Cantonese troops Inthe has" surrounded. a. force "of 1.00 Enst River region are moving close [Communist troops five miles north {e'the border and. should the for the city and that they are slowly SMiyarise wil march Into Pullen. forcing them into surrender despite Sine aitnorten are. zo" making vere' resistance. Tt is also learned arrangements to" despatch an alt that government. reinforcements. are Squudron to Fuxkien im the event giving ate thi aterngon.
"The Caitonese troops ordered. to tinuing in. the Santuao "district Fairly heavy fighting fs. still con-
the KuangtungeFukien border.
Between the Reds and the Chinese Shue me st Siision under Gen-marines who were landed 10" cope trating inehuon, and the faith the intensified situation since Division under "Genera 'Feng' Lung.
'August 7. tis believed that there van." The ud. Independent 'Divi ave stil some 2.000 Communists sea Slon"nder 'General Chang 'Sul-kwel tered over the districts of Tahu and proceeding' to. the border towns
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