New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1927, Page 28

CANTONESE ARE FINALLY SPLIT (Continued from First Page) sxtremists in ted to at Nan- Assimo. and foe o the Cantonese I , 18 establish a new government 1 that nu- | slic or Michael ho has been Hankow Chien nounced followers and invi Feng Yu-Hsiang, known “the Christian gen | reputedly a radical, to join, s with the Hankow radicals to fight Chiang. | Dispatches from Chungking, Sze- chwan province, says seven com- | ananders of Cantonest troops have | issued a joint circular declaring lh(‘!rl opposition to communism and their support of Chiang. They announced that they would act under the prin- ciples laid down by the late Sun Yat Sen, founder of the Cantonese gov- ernment. Reports from elsewhere south of the Yangtse indicate a similar lining of the com- munists or of Chiang. While this Is going on, the Canton- ese are menaced from two directions by northern Chinese troops. Fengtien (Manchurian) forces are marching | toward Hankow from the Honan-| Huper border, while troops of Chang qsung-Chang, Shantungese leader, are fighting the Cantonesc at Pukoy, across the river from Nanking. The decisions of the Nanking con- forenco mark the complete cleav- age of the moderate section of the tonese, headed by Chiang Kai-| Shek, from the communist and ex- tremist section which is in control of the Cantonese government at Hankow. They present the possibility of an | armed struggle between the two routhern factions, which struggle been increasingly forecast by of the nationalist government is in the American govern- a4 April 11, formu- ‘prompt ituation er t crican nation- the nationalist March 24." receipt of ment's note d lating terms for utrages a A ds committed by troops in Nankir reply to tt northern rebe 1 in a prelimi © nationalis® The fact re- American consulate territor violated, he matter of rep onal injur as » it can be the m 4 Ameri- Marct mands for t of the col »ops responsible fo - inju ndig nd ma- terial damage done, as also for all implicated, neces- the guilt of the na- who captured Na lequate pun- murders, per- While ihe L prelimin on Mar is b guilt was contradicted ment issued id government in- conducted to ascer- auiry ng iin the exact facts In the case, in- | | cluding veri tion of the outstand- ing facts in the report to the mili- tary council by General Chen Chien, who took Nanking, that his forces rounded up and captured approxi- mately 30,000 northern soldiers with ritles, besides 1,000 camp folowers inside the city. General Chen Chien has also reported that a number of those implicated already have been executed, “The nationalist government pro- po: that the question of punish- ment should await the findingsofa government inquiry, now in progress or of an international commission of inquiry, tobe instituted immedi- ately by the United States and the nationalist government. “As the laws of nations and the recognized practices of ecivilized states prohibit the hombardment of cities or territories or friendly states, the nationalist government proposes a commission of inquiry also to investigate the circumstances of the bombardment of the unforti- fied city of Nanking by naval forces of the United States. “The demand for an apology in tehes from China. Chiang thus may be forced to fight both the northern troops, who are pressing him in the Yangtse battle area, and his former allies at Hankow, unless he is able to make some arrangement with the north-| crners for combined action against the red element. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the Mnn-‘ churian war lord who controls the Peking government in the north, 1s | an outspoken fos of communism, | and recently drew fire from Mo cow by raiding the soviet embass compound in Peking. The decisions of the Nanking con- ferees also throw a new complica- tion into the question of redress for | the anti-forelgn outrages of last month at Nanking. The five pow- ers, the United States. Great Britain, ¥France, Japan and Italy, presented | identic demands both to the Han- | kow government and to Chlang. Forelgn Minister Chen of the Fankow regime last night forward- ed hls reply, also in identic notes, proposing formation of an interna- tional commission of investigation. Shanghat dispatches only yesterday | fndicated that Chiang was leaving the matter of the reply entirely to Chen, but today’'s developments may | result In a separate reply from lh:‘! government to be set up at Nan- | king by Chiang. | Communist opposition to Chiang | was shown In Moscow dispatches to- day saying he had been denounced | in the newspapers of the central! committee of the communist party | as a “traitor of the Chinese revolu- tion” and an “ally of the imperial- Ints” ‘Wants Investigation Hankow, April 15 (®) — ternational commlssion to gate the Nankin “Ineide proposed Chen, Cantonese veplies to the note demanding apologles for the outrages which followed the capture of the Yangtse eity by antonese army. The replies were handed to the consuls the powers — the United t Britain, France, Japan ast night. 3 e Br In replies th French makes wbardment of | the foreign Otherwise An In- | investi- | t* is the Thited | vin, Chen hat natlon- e for o1 - will aties 10 reply ys the O 1N dam American and that 1 injur to make “all reasonable nec- essary reparation” except where there is absolute proof that the in- Juries were “caused by the British and American naval bombardmen:” er by the “northern rebels' i Reply to U. S | reply to the T'nited States | L pereon re re2ds "The minister of foreign affairs NEW BRITAIN DAILY HE ! writing by the commander-in-chier | of the nationalist army, including a written undertaking to refrain from " violence against foreign lives | property, is, as far as an apology is concerned, justified on proof of na- t ist guilt for the nking dis- turbances. The nationalist govern- ment, therefors propos et wstion of an apology should also await determination of the question of guilt, either by the government nquiry, now in progress, or by th i) e meantime th, vernment repeats th of regret wh ign affair :xpression h the minister of for- communicated to the government directly it sorted to him that the United consulate was violated.” e nationalist government, as »sponsible governing hody, does not countenance the use of any form of violence or agita lives and pro . Indeed, the on of foreign liv nd prop- 3 been repeatedly d of the nationalist gov- proper authorities of will of course give not only a crtaking in this sense, 1t 10 see that eifective measures are taken to afford proper protection for foreign lives and property. Tt nationalist government, £ it failed to r rd and emphasize at the best guarantee for the ef- protection of American and r foreign lives and property lies removal of the fundamental cause of the present trouble between na- ionalist China and the powers, who continue to sustain the unequal ‘It is these inequitable treatles which constitute the chi>f danger to foreign lives and property in China, and the danger will persist as long 18 effective government is rendered | difficult by forelgn insistence upon conditions which force humiliation |and menace upon a nation which is | known for its greatness and which day is consclous of renewal of its strength. | “The nationalist government ac- cordingly is prepared and ready to |appoint delegates to negotiate with delegates of the United States for |satisfactory settlement of the issues {and differences pending between na- onalist China and the United es, on terms which will assure | legitimate interests of both | countries and reciprocity in their re- ;ulmns.” | Washington Surprised | Washington, April 16.—(®—FEu- | gene Chen, the Cantonese foreign | minister replying to the five power | notes demanding reparations for {the Nanking outrages suggests that | international commission be icreated to investigate the affalr, ive Direct Phone to New Britain 4082 and | & ionalist | ion against for-! slared a | would he lacking in candor | ime as a surprise to Washington prompted immediate specula- on the position the Amevican rmment would ta an’s refusal to admit that Can- Aist troops were re rages which re- in the slaying of one Ameri- can and other forcigne was regarded with concern in some while in others it admit- ¢ was viewed as presenting an- | other obstacle in dealing with the | already qifficult China situation, No comment was forthcoming at the state department or at other government agencies that have been in touch with developments in China, cither could it ther Chen's reply ally recelved as manifest complete reticence to dis- cuss the subject in any w Word of Chen's reply reached the capital at a time when officials ere awaiting with interest the out- come of the conference between | moderate leaders of the Cantonese ! party scheduled to take place at Nanking today. Advices last night besides indicating that the meeting would be held as planned, also told of severe Cantonese reverses in the area around Nanking and of strong counter move by forces allied with the Peking government. ! be learned had been for- other officials pression regarding Chen's reply, it was recalled that only three days | ago it was safd at the White House | that President Coolidge expected the natlonalists to comply with the moderate demands that were made upon the Cantonese by the United States. The question of providing | punitive action to enforce those de- ands, it was said, had not been taken up by the president because | of this expectation. | | Considerable spcculation arose | today over what position the Wash- |ington government would take. In some quarters the opinion was ex- | pressed that the proposal to create an international commission to in- vestigate the outrages would nof re- celve a favorable reception, but . pending a more complete report on {the foreign minister’s reply, no one would venture a prediction as to what would be the next step by the 1 American government. | In the anti-foreign outbreak at Nanking on March 24, ome Ameri- can citizen and three British sub- | jects were killed, a number of | other foreigners were wounded, | women were subjected to indigni-'| ties and forelgn property, including the American, British and Japan- ese consulates, was looted. One party of forcigners took re- fuge on Socony Hill, site of the Standard Ofl property, from which they were rescued only after their attackers had been driven off by a | | | | | Fur Cold Storage in Our Own Vaults at Lowest Prices Wize Hmith & {o. Although there was no officlal ex- ' RALD, TRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927. 3ritish s in ardment ombardment from the one and two American the river. This is th o which Chen 1 Anoiler ¥ war ve Lom s foreingers who anking uni- was allowed 10 the ships only after threats American British com- that the Canto: mil. tary centers would be bombarded. The demands of the powers — the United States, Great Britain, irance, Japan and Italy — were present both to Chiang Kai- Shek, Cantonese moderate leader, na reign Minister Chen on Monday of this we The demands were for adequate runishment of those responsible for outrages, an apology in writ- ing by the Cantonese commander- hief, with a written undertaking ain from further anti-foreign and complete tor personal lamage, Record Marksman Sergeant Frank Ioerger, of Fort Benning, Ga., who by scoring 936 out of a possible 1200 points in bad weather recently won a place on the American team which will compete in the international rifle matches at Rome. 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