CHINA FOR CHINESE.
Foreign Powers Returning
Leased Territory.
SPRING WAR PENDING.
(Received 1.30 p.m.)
SHANGHAI,- February 14
Mr. Wang, Foreign Minister, states that the respective foreign Governments have approved a provisional court agreement, which will be formally signed on February 17. Agreement has also been reached between the Government and the British Minister regarding the retrocession of Weihaiwei. The draft has already been initialled. This is_ the 'initial step towards the return of all leased territories held by,foreign Powers in China. It is also the first definite move towards the recovery of the international settlement at Shanghai Preparations are now afoot for the sprint hostilities among China's warring factions; As a result the Government is now busy commandeering all the available tonnage'for the transport of soldiers northward to meet latest threat coming from Yen Hsi-shan, the Shansi war lord who has hitherto been neutral but now despairs of the Government's ability to unify the country.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 9
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