DISORDER IN CHINA
CANTON DEMONSTRATIONS
PROTEST FROM*" FRANCE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT HELD RESPONSIBLE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COPSRIGHT.) .-'■;■ • : ■-. (BEUTER'S TELEQRAM.) ' (Received 26th June, 2 p.m.) ■,;\/V ;.""; /.:;PEKIN,. 25th June. The French Minister regrets to bring to the knowledge" of the Chinese Government that,, following the; demonstrations at Canton on 22nd June, the demonstrators, who were soldiers, fired upon the English and French Concessions at Shameen. A .French merchant was killed by a shot from the Chinese bund. The i-Minister adds that reports from the com-* rmandant of the.French naval forces makes it clear that the responsibility falls entirely on the; Chinese, and the Minis-, I-tor ■is : consequently compelled to protest and reserve the right for the French Government to demand reparations.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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119DISORDER IN CHINA Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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