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...bags he spoke a few words in fluent guttural Chinese. In his honor the British press of Shanghai spread headlines, welcomed Miles Lampson, the new British Minister to China, hinted hopefully that his arrival would be followed by a strong British demonstration against the "Cantonese Bolsheviks" whose armies captured Foochow last week and were advancing on Shanghai...
...Foochow, about 400 miles southwest from Shanghai in the Province of Fukien. A general strike was declared. All business came to a halt...
Canton, about 500 miles southwest from Foochow in the extreme southerly Province of Kwangtung. The war which was declared between the Kuo Mintang and Yimnanese factions (TIME, June 15) ended in a speedy victory for the radical Kuo Mintang (the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen's party). Thereafter followed bloody executions of Yiinnanese soldiers who had surrendered unarmed. Most of the foreigners had been evacuated to Hong-Kong. Those that remained in Shamien, the foreign settlement, were unmolested, but could see the wholesale murder, arson and rape committed by the blood-thirsty Kuo Mintang. No doubt remained but that...
...Students' Union at Foochow declared a boycott against U. S. herring...
...porch nights so the boys can get it at daylight and use our private court before breakfast. I never dreamed that volley ball could be so exciting and full of sport until I came to China. In fact, it is the most popular sport among the schoolboys of Foochow, and its simplicity has attracted the majority of our students to engage...