THE SHANGHAI TROUBLES

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 219, 16 June 1925, Page 9

THE SHANGHAI TROUBLES

EFFORTS TO CHARGE BRITAIN WITH RESPONSIBILITY CHINESE GOVERNMENT YIELDING TO BOLSHEVIK CLAMOUR ANTI FOREIGN PROPAGANDA MORE PRONOUNCED There is a tendency on the part of the Chinese Government and students to detach Britain from the other Powers and make her responsible for the troubles at Shanghai. Foreigners regard this as a sign of yielding to the , clamour of Bolshevik and other extremists who are pressing a demand upon China to deal with Britain alone. The anti-foreign propaganda is reported to be more pronounced and the situation in the interior to be generally becoming worse. . _.i

By Telegraph —Press Association. CoPYBIGHT.

Peking, June'lf. A noticeable feature of the troubles at Shanghai and elsewhere is the tendency of students and the Government to detach Britain from the other Powers and make her responsible. A sample of this is a Note handed to the British Embassy, protesting against the British volunteers allegedly using machineguns against the Chinese in Hankow. The Note states that eight people were killed and eleven wounded, and claims that such action violated the principles of humanity. The Foreign Office has therefore formally protested, and requests the Charge d’Affaires to instruct the Consular authorities to refrain from similar acts; and it reserves the right to make further denunds when the case has been further investigated. Foreigners generally regard the Note as a sign that the Government is yielding to the .clamour ot Bolshevik and other extremists who are pressing a demand upon China to deal with Britain alone. The students’ demands now include the recall of the British and Japanese Ministers from Peking, and of the Consuls from Shanghai, the punishment of the foreign Chief of Police, and. the permanent withdrawal of the British and Japanese gunboats from Shanghai. There is an increasing feeling of serious concern among responsible foreigners that the Chinese Government is pandering to the strikers. The reason for this is believed to be mainly a matter of home politics, the Government fearing public opinion will veer to the Opposition. Meanwhile, the attitude of the strikers increasingly indicates the belief that the Government is with them. The anti-foreign propaganda is more pronounced and the situation in the interior is generally becoming worse.—Reuter. FOREIGN MINISTER SAID TO BE HIDING Peking, June 14. It is persistently reported, that the Foreign Minister, Shen Juai-Lin, has gone into hiding, fearing that the students will persist in extreme demands to which he cannot agree.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHURCH DESTROYED AND PRIEST KILLED Peking, June 14. Accarding to Chinese unofficial, reports, the Catholic Church at Kaifeng w’as burnt down yesterday, and one Italian priest was killed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SEAMEN THREATEN TO STRIKE Peking, June 14. The Chinese Seamen’s Union proposes to strike on June 15 on the steamers of the Indo-Chine and China Navigation Companies, and threaten a general

strike on June 20 in connection with the Shanghai troubles. The Cabinet has instructed the provincial authorities to protect foreigners.—Reuter. BUTCHERY AT CANTON OF DEFEATED FORCES Peking, June 14. The Yunnanese debacle at Canton is complete, and cold-blooded butchery of the defeated forces is rife. Stragglers caught on the Bund were stabbed with bayonets or riddled with bullets and thrown into the river. Fleeing officers, endeavouring to escape by steamer to Hong-Kong, were intercepted and killed, or taken to the “Red” warships, stripped of practically everything of value, and mercilessly killed.—Sydney “Sun” Cables. COMMISSION TO CARRY ON ADMINISTRATION Peking, June 14. The lenders of the Kuorninteng Society at Hong-Kong repudiated anj’ intention of establishing •». Communistic Government in Canton, and denied any alliance with the Soviet. As it was impossible to find one man to fill Sun Yat Sen’s place, they stated, the society intended to create a Commission to carry on the work of administration.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. WARNING OF INTERNATIONAL CONCESSION OF REPETITION OF BOXER TROUBLES CANTON AND HANKOW . QUIETER (Rec. June 15, 10.50 p.m.) Peking, June 15. After the orgies at Canton on Friday night and Saturday the city is quieter. Considerable damage has been done along the Bund. At another rioter has died from wounds. The dead now number nine. The situation is quiet._ The defence forces, are still standing by General Liachulung, whose Hupeh troops have arrived to strengthen the Chinese guard. The International Concession has issued a statement that, pending the result of the Central Government’s investigations at Shangliai, quiet must be maintained here. If the anti-foreign disturbances continue the result will be a repetition of the Boxer trouble, and Allied' troops will be landed.— Reuter.