Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-17 | Page 1 | North Chinese Army Defeats Nationalists

NORTH CHIr CHINESE S I ARMY DEFEATS IS V General Ho Driven Back Losses in Severe Fighting Fighting Fighting Fight Fight- ing Are Heavy V CANTON HAS RIOT American Gunboat Sent to Y SHANGHAI China Nov 17 AP Severe AP-Severe Severe fighting along the Pul ow railway north of is indicated in the arrival arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival at of casualty cases It appears that nationalIsts nationalists nation nation- natIonalists under General Ho Ying-Ching Ying attacked the forces of the northern commander General Genera Sun Chuan- Chuan Fang on a wide front only to suffer the most severe losses es especially especially especially es- es from machine gun fire One nationalist division was deci deci- mated Another regiment was re reduced reduced re- re to forty or fifty men Although General Ho Ying Chung brought up reserves he was driven back V toward l The northern forces however failed to follow ollow up this advantage TROOPS LEAVE LEAE V VIn In the me meantime N is practically denuded of troops needed needed need need- ed to fill the gaps gape In the nationalist nationalist nation nation- alist front Ten thousand men nen were hurriedly sent to about seventy miles north of Nan Nan- king ling V is apprehensive over re reports reports reports re- re ports that the northerners may shortly reappear at across tho the Yangtze river f from om N China Nov Kov 17 AP The AP-The The labor party under Chang hang Fat Ful has has' at attempted empted to seize Canton reports from there thero to Chinese sources here say sayS Trouble broko broke out when th the attempt at attempt at- at tempt en was made at S 8 o'clock last night Gunfire between the contending contending contending con con- tending parties kept up all night and at 4 o'clock this this' V morning be became beame became be- be came ame very heavy Desultory firing continued until 8 a. a m. m MARTIAL LAW DECLARED Martial law has been declared The he gates to the foreign s settlement have been closed According to the reports it has been een definitely established that the labor abor elements in making a bold bid for fo Canton have seized And nd nd occupied the telegraph office Members of ot the union distributed leaflets throughout the city bearing bear bear- ing rig the slogan Down with Lihai Li Chai hai Sum the Canton generalissimo generalis simo imo V General Li Sum Chat was as chief officer at Canton under the former Continued on page 6 C. NORTH CHINESE ARMY DEFEATS NATIONALISTS Continued from page page 1 nationalist commander General Chiang Kai she Following the disintegration 6 of f the Canton nationalist movement last April il Li Chal Sum continued as commander of ot the garrison a at Canton and to suppressing suppressing suppressing sup sup- pressing the extremist clement element Inthe inthe in inthe the city SHANGHAI China Nov ov 1 17 AP As AP-As As a result of reported disorders disorders dis dis- dis- dis orders at the United States gunboat Asheville has been sent from irom to by uy the tho commander of the south China patrol patro The gunboat is to investigate the disturbance MISSION BROKEN INTO I Consular dispatches from Canton i included a dispatch from three Americans at who Ial said saiu t the tho disturbance occurred TU Tuesday Parading workingmen and students students stu stu- dents broke broe into tile the American Catholic mission premises The Chinese military forces saved saed the situation They rhey arrested several l leaders This resulted in x i ment nent among the unions ns who ho de demanded demanded ie- ie the release release-of release ot of the leaders It was stated that further trouble troubles I is s threatened unless the Canton military command orders Yueng Yueng- kong military leaders to take tae furher further fur fur- ther her t action The latter Is declared t to o be wavering ng fearing opposition from f rom Canton labor lead leaders rs China Nov 1 17 AP Several AP-Several Several unpleasant incidents incident have occurred recently in olga eign dem demonstrations at about miles southwest of Canton Canton Canton Can Can- I ton a delayed wireless message from dated November 15 states The demonstrations were directed mainly at Americans and students threatened an Amerlean American Amer Anier- lean ican mission and its inmates An American mission founded by the Presbyterian board of foreign forein missions in 1893 is at kong Yueng-kong- which is us also known as Yang Yang-