The dispossessed occupants of the Red headquarters Shanghai attempted to
recover the firearms which had The dispossessed occupants of the Red headquarters Shanghai attempted to recover the firearms which had taken from them. A mob was assembled and, armed th crowbars, marched on the offices of one of Chiang's era's. It marched behind a screen of women and ildren upon whom it was believed that the soldiers nld not fire. This cruel speculation was disappointed. The soldiers did fire. Twenty persons were killed and many wounded, mostly women and children. In other parts of Shanghai there has been fighting for some days between the Reds and the moderate Cantonese. A fresh attempt has been made by the Labour unions to call a general strike, and although this has been only partly successful, certain industries have been paralyzed.
