THE POWERS AND CHINA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 9

THE POWERS AND CHINA.

A FIRMER TONE. CANTONESE PROMISES MISTRUSTED. STATEMENT BY AMERICANS IN SHANGHAI. 1 (Received April 4th, 10.45 p.m.) SHANGHAI, April 4 " The American Chamber of Commerce i. issued the following statement :- .RepS assurances b y mditan.t.ana otheTspokesmen of the political faction, S they and will protect tue & a Tnronerty of foreigners are irrehi*S&?S™ent events, leading COB nwvSity for the evacuation of £ e Valley. The adppfWeraments is merely strengthening taSS elements and encourages ouc\.oTlike that at Nanking. Of all the in the Yanrtse Valley Shanghai SSkcSiSteely safe for foreign*r- This is due entirely to the presence of foreign warships and troops. IHs obvious that a protective pohcy aLlying to Shanghai alone will not He China to put her house in order JJ prevent enormous losses from the evacuation of interior districts. We are convinced that the future welfare of the Chinese people and the ultimate safety of American and other foreigner* in China can be attained only by unified action of the Powers to suppress disorder and restore conditions favourable to the formation of responsible government." CHANG ADVANCES. CAPTURE OF YENCHENG REPORTED. (ACSrSAtOIf AND *.Z. CABUt ASSOCIATES.) (Received April 4th, 10.30 p.m.) PEKING, April 4. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin's headquarters officially announce the capture of i Teaching, about ninety miles down the Peking-Hankow railway, southward of Clfenohow. It is understood that Chang Tso-Lin does not intend to advance further at present, in view of the possible danger to'both flanks, but will await developments near the southern Shantung border, where the Nationalists are advanc- • ing northward against Chang Tsungehahg. ~ v , If the news regarding Yencheng is true, it means that Chang Tso4in has • now got within 200 miles of Hankow, and within 100 miles of the Nationalist advance guard in southern Honati. UNITED STATES AND CANTON. DEMANDS TO BE REASONABLE. (Al/STEALUS AND V.Z. CAULS ASSOCIATION.). (Received April 4th, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 4. The Washington correspondent of the ifew York "World" states: "Whatever demands the United States Government may make on the Cantonese Government as the result of the Nanking affair, they will be couched reasonbly, with a view to ensuring compliance. The Administration is apparently disposed to make allowances for the disturbed conditions at the time of the incident, namely, the withdrawal of the Northern forces and the subsequent taking over of control by the Cantonese. The policy adopted will be one of firmness followed bj moderation on the theory that extreme demands would be useless and would" probably only aggravate the already tense situation. An effort will be made to impress the Cantonese authorities with the seriousness of outbreaks against foreigners and represen tatives of foreign Governments, which .-. are virtually attacks upon those Governments themselves."

JESUIT FATHERS MURDERED. ATROCITY AT NANKING. (iCSTBAtiur KHO K.Z. CABLS ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 4th, 7 p.m.) PARIS, April 4. Newspapers are giving prominence to the deaths of two Jesuit fathers, Dubois and Manama. It.ls officially announced that they were put in death at Nanking by order of, the Cantonese authorities. The bodies were mutilated after execution »nd left unburied for several days. A SHIPPING DISPUTE. BRITISH OFFICERS WARNED.

(AtaißUJAlt AND JT.Z. CABLX ASSOCIATION.) SHANGHAI, April 3. .Indicative of the threatening situation in Shanghai is the warning given ty the British Consul to general officers of the British Merchant Marine, who threatened to tie up Chinese coastal ? vessels, following a reduction of pay by the companies. ,***. .Consul warned representatives «* the officers that such action would j>6. unpatriotic, and would imperil the {jro of women and children who may ™ compelled to take refuge on British "'PS in the harbour momentarily in w« event of receipt of a vital message "^Britain. i J™ officers agreed to return to the to sink their grievances, and to J~JP «P steam in anticipation of a Clonal emergency. bkitish ministers in close P TOUCH. p LONDON, April 4 y in j Austen Chamberlain remained «Jiidon during the week-end and «Pt m touch with the Foreign Office. fwm 0 ™^ 1118 of dispatches received Kt n a wcre communicated to the ''<%«,s£» St^nte y Baldwin at Q_e general situation is unchanged. tton«Ls* po f t& reveal that accounts of ffrsg?ds of Chinese casualties during • eSm£? b ?^ m « nt w ere absurd. Three , > ? *"??»<ttSilianß. were killed.