CHINESE UNREST.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18430, 10 July 1925, Page 9

CHINESE UNREST.

CONFISCATION BY STRIKERS. KIDNAPPING OF WORKERS. (by cable—rr.F.ss associatiox—coptrightJ (JIECTER's TELEGRAMS.;

PEKING, July S. Owing to the Shanghai strike and the disturbed condition of the country generally, Customs revenue for the six months ended Juno 30th declined 1,500,000 tads. Shanghai reports that the- situation there continues more hopeful. Ihings are quiet, with the exception of l" 1 "- ther kidnapping of tramway and other employees, such as those employed as house servants by foreign residents. There have been numerous cases of confiscation by the strikers of njilk, vegetables and other foods supposed to

be for foreign consumption, and these goous are being distributed to the strikers and students. Coolies confiscated a hundred cows at a railway station and took them to their union headquarteis in (.liinese territory. The tram se.'Vice is somewhat curtailed in Peking.

ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA. . (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received July 9th, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, July 9. The "Daily Telegraph" publishes a facsimile of a paster displayed in Peking, depicting John Bull with his foot planted on a baby.