Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1926, Page 26

‘ , | Distri partiy cloudy this afternoo ¥ |colder tonight; tomorrow fa er; 3) | fresh north and northwest winds. N land—Rain this afternoon; ! partly cloudy and colder tonight; to- morrow fair, colder; strong north and northwest winds. i Virginia—Rain this afternoon; vartly cloudy and colder tonight; to- morrow fair, colder;. strong north and northwest winds. Records for 24 Hours. 71; 8 pu 4 am, 41; Recent Moves Laid to Strong Anti-bolshevist Feeling in North and South. Thermometer—4 p.m., g midnight, 50; J ; noon, 36. Barometer—4 p.m., midnight, X 29.58; 8 a.m., 29.60; noon Highest temperature, 71, yesterday. temperature, at noon today. Temperature same d Highest, 74; lowes Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast nd Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 12 47 high tide, 2 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:10 a.m.and :30 p.m.; high tide, 6:53 a.m. and 7:14 pm. The Sun and Moon. Sun rose 6:03 am.; 8 By ths Assoclated Press. The anti-bolshevist coup by “Red” military dictator of the C: ton government, Gen. Chiang Kai- Shak, came as no surprise to stu- dents here of Chinese a s, al- though its full significance is not! understood. It follows other evi- | dences of increasing Chinese resent. | ment against bolshevist interference | in China’s internal affairs. | There have been recent signs of friction at Canton between the Chi- | nese authorities and the Soviet Rus- |6 slan adviser and the group of 80 or more Russians employed by that government. The m probable ex- planation of Chiang’s coup, said to include the purpose of driving all Russian Communists out of Canton, is believed to be trouble over the in- terference with governmental a at Canton by the s K organiz tion under Communist leadership. The port was closed by customs au thorities recently owing to this i terference Moscow Order Also Blamed. Some observers attribute the wave of anti-Soviet feeling in China to the Moscow ultimatum in the Manchu- rlal railway controver: few weeks ago. Others read a matural | consequence of the spr tlonalist teachers in China. The spread of this feeling to south | Abilene. China follows the recent Peking riot, | A{hany - when agitators were killed and wounded by Chinese police and sol- dlers, and the subsequent circular- ization of provincial authorities hy the Peking government urging strong action alnst agitators. Chinesc authorities in the last week & have broken up bolshevist clubs Peking. Riot Laid to Soviet. The riot ostensibly was a protest against the ultimatum by protocol powers demanding reopening of the road from Peking to the sea, but there are strong indications that it was_planned, organized and financed by Russian Soviet adherents in Pe- king, as was a similar riot there some | months ago. The Canton embarrassing thoriti Th 8 pm, ; 4 am, 29.58. occurred the n- 29. 9. 36, occurred te last year— am. and 11 a.m. and sun Sun rises 6.02 am.; b4 am.; sets & Automobile lamps to be one-half hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Various Citles. p.m. lighted Stations Weather. **Aepaateat oK “4qstu qsep 1m0 . Cloudy Gloudy csss | Baltimore . Birmingham Bismarck o SESRSEES s e 16 now. | Cineinnati Cloudy | Cleveland Pt.cloudy | Colum'a.8.¢ ain Denver Detrott . El P Galvoston Helena ... | Huron §.°D. | Indianapolis | Jacksonville | Kansas City | Los Angeles. | Louiaville Cloudy I Pt.cloudy Cloudy . Snow Cloudy Cloudy Sleet ones izt SBRmOm L situation may prove to the Moscow au- Soviet Ambassador made much of M cow's relinquishment of all e territorial rights in China. 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