CHINA AND POWERS
SCENES AT CONVENTION. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SHANGHAI, May 9. There were amazing scenes at the National People’s Convention at Nanking, when, as a dramatic climax, in response to an appeal from Marshal Chiang Kaishek, the entire 500 delegates rose in support of an extraordinary motion that the unequal treaties between China and foreign governments be abolished immediately. Huge crowds madly cheered the delegate’s decision. Chiang Shueh Liang, the Mukden War Lord, was appointed to draft a manifesto, demanding the complete abolition of the foreign treaties, which were “a most serious, obstacle to the unification and reconstruction of China.”
To-day (Saturday) is the anniversary of the imposition of Japan’s 21 demands, which are China greatest grievance. ■
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1931, Page 5
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