SITUATION IN CHINA

Evening Star, Issue 18998, 21 July 1925, Page 5

SITUATION IN CHINA

ANTI-FOREIGN AGITATION VESSELS FIRED OH Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, July 20. A wireless message from Lncbow states that two vessels escorted by H.M.S. Teal from Chunking, which arrived to embark foreigners, were fired on by Chinese troops. The Teal replied. There were no British casualties. A mesage from Hongkong states that the volunteers engaged in the essential services have been demobilised.— Reuter. THE DOSSER CASE. SHANGHAI, July 20. Eugene Fortunatoff, doctor at the Soviet Consulate, who was arrested on a charge of bribery arising out of the prosecution of Dosser, did not appear before the Mixed Court, and Iris bail was forfeited. A warrant has been issued for bis arrest. Alexander Gregoronko, a Rumanian, who was arrested on Saturday, was remanded pending the arrest of Fortunatoff.—Reuter. POWERS AND JAPAN. THE PB OPOSED CONFERENCE. LONDON, July 8. (v The Tokio correspondent, of ‘The Times’ says; “Official circles are not over-pleased with America’s Chinese extra-territorial conference proposition, since any surrender in this matter would gravely affect the Japanese, who believe that the Chinese would, with advantage, persecute her nationals. “ The recent demonstration by the Chinese of feeling against Japan has not disturbed the Government or the people, who seem anxious to exhibit a conciliatory attitude toward China, though there is reason to suppose that this solicitude is more apparent than whole-hearted, and is prompted by a fear of commercial retaliation.

“In any case, Japan is not likely to deviate from the policy of close co-oper-ation with the other Powers.”

TROUBLE ESSENTIALLY INDUSTRIAL NEW ZEALAND LABOR PARTY’S VIEW. OBJECTS TO USE OF BRITISH FORCES. [Per Exited Press Association.] WELLINGTON, July 21. The National Executive of the Labor Party at its last meeting considered the industrial troubles in Shanghai, and decided to protest strongly against the use of the British Imperial Forces against the civil population. The party holds that the trouble is essentially industrial, and has its origin in conditions described in a report by Agatha Harrison, who worked in China for so many years, “If our object is peace,” says the executive, “then all facilities at the command of the British Government should he placed at the disposal of that body of Christian people who for the past few years have been endeavoring to improve the lot of the Chinese workers. The position in China to-day repeats the history of the industrial revolution in Great Britain.”