HONG KONG JOINS

Grey River Argus, 23 June 1925, Page 5

HONG KONG JOINS

IN CHINA’S STRIKE Against Foreign Capitalism DE KIN, June 2L The general strike..at Hong spreading. Motomien ami conductors on the electric tramway have struck and he service is suspended. Chinese bouse servants in European employ nt Kowlong struck, and it is exacted that the movement will be general throughout' the colony. British and other foreign women and children arrived at Hong Kong from Shaneen, where they were ad. v.sed to icnve. Anned pickets and police are patrolling thc bu.i, quarters, as a precautionary measure. SHANGHAI SUSPENSE. PEKIN, June 21. Foreigners meeting at the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce resolved I'* postpone the re.opening of the banks and shops, until June 24th; also t > postpone settlement day until July SUNDAY PAPER S FANCIFUL ARTICLE. A LA JULES VERNE. LONDON, 'June 21. 'The “Sunday Pictorial,’’ in an article explaining the Chinese aspirations from thc viewpoint, of the present disturbances, says: If two yellow perils are ahead of white civilisation the first is industrial and includes Japan, which is already under- j selling Europeans in the Eastern markets. When the (Linese' takes to iindustrialism in earnest, he will underlive and undersell to an extent even greatter than Japan. Secondly the day is coming when China, pos-

sessed of great fleets and millions o! armed troops will become a first rank power in the Pacific. The question will then assume a different aspect I‘t is possible 4,hat there will be rn alliance between Japan and Chinn. Although ’the Chinese hordes m£\ not march on Europe, aeria. 1 invasion u possible, and it is certain thalt tlu Chinese, naval squadrons x w ill some day be seen in European waters It is- also tolerably. certain tirnt. a unit.cd strong China will some day sdizc 'the empty’• prolific Northern Territory : of Australia. Japan is an present the Australians’ bogey. They are looking in the wrong direction. The Japanese belong to the temperate zone and could not thrive in th« Northern Territory or at the North Pole. Europe’s prestige suffered terribly as the result of the war Orientals were amazed at the four and a half years’ .* gigantic devas4ntion and senseless mutual destruction. Nowadays even the nerveless Pekin Government sends impertinent messages to • European legislation, because the Chinese know that Europe is prostrate and unwilling to engage in hostility anywhere.

A SHOOTING AT CANTON. PEKIN June 20. A telegram from Canton states tha. Aakadai, the Japanese Treasurer oi the Hukuai Hospital, was shot de? by an unknown Chinese outside the French gate. The Japanese Consul notified the Public Safety Bureau, and requested that police be pos’e outside the Shameen. He also in;* > a formal protest, and reserved Hie right to claim an indemnity. H’ikuai is a semi-official institution connected with the Formosa Government. The local authorities claim that :the case is not connected w-H the present threatened strike against thc foreigners. The Japanese (<»” advised his nationals living in Onton to come to Shameen. . Nakadai .was ret-tn ning. to the bank with 5000 dollars in a bag. His assassin escaped with the money. CHINESE IN PARIS. MA K E A M BASS AD( )K I ’ROT EST. (Received June £2a*t 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, June 2J. One hundred Chinese here forced tin* doors of the Chinese Embassy. They then locked the Chinese Ambassador in a room, cut the telephone wires, ami compelled him to sign a. protest to Premier I’ainlevc against the presence of the foreign troops in China. A Britisher named Moulem was struck between the shoulders with a moat axe and seriously injured, hut. is progressing satisfactorily. The Consul General at Canton out- ( lined an interview which he had wit,h the Chinese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Aiie latter maintains that the strike is part of a ‘spontaneous patriotic outbreak in sympathy with the Shanghai affair. The Canton Government is not responsible for the strike, but could not ■go against the expressed will of the people and call off the strike. He gave an assurance that there would be no destruction of life or property. The position is improving at Chunking. Foreigners are remaining across the river .at othofc Yangtsze ports. Tientsin is quiet. The Third Mukden Regiment mutinied at Chenrsin on the Pekin.Mukden line, damaging the station. The gen. darmefrie c'pmmandmenh Jin a /eigh_ bouring town sent a detachment to round up the mutineers. •CHINESE YOUTHS. ! SHOW SYMPATHY AT PARIS. (Received June 22 at 7.10 p.m.)

I PARIS, Judq 21. I It was chiefly Chinese youths who | invaded the Chinese Embassy here and forced the’Chinese Ambassador to sign among other documents, a proclamation assuring the Chinese people that he sympathised with them in their struggle against the foreign - imperialists. Ihe police arrested one of teb invaders . POPE S ADVICE. PEKIN, June 21. University professors recently solicited the Pope’s support in connec. . tion with the Shanghai affair. The I ope empowered Monsignor Constant!, ci. Apostolic delegate in China, to sig. uify.-hiK sympathy with the Chinese people, keenly deploring the shedding of fraternal blood, and praying that concord and order would be soon restored in a spirit of mutual under, standing, according .to the principles of justice, equity and Christian char, it*. POWERS POLICY. I blamed by china for up. HEAVAL. PEKIN, June 21. In reply to. the Powers’ Note to ( hina regarding riots and anti-foreign sentiment, Ihe Chinese Foreign Office has sent a note stating the accounts given in the Powers’ note of the dif. i I ‘rent incidents do not accord with i the reports ot tin* local Chinese authorities. The Chinese note says that in H:\akow British volunteers suddenly opened fire on an unarmed crowd. The I«ri ish authorities should assume full responsibility for their violent action. At Kuikiang during an altercation between the police and a small number of workmen, lire suddenly broke out in the Taiwzn bank. During the confusion and owing to.the time occupied in putting out the fire, slight damage was caused io sundry articles in the English and Japanese consulates. Such damage was accidental. The Chinese note says the British subject killed at Shanghai was outside the. settlement, where the municipality built roads without China’s consent. The motives of the criminals were not ascertained. It was regrettable for the above reasons that the incident occurred. With the exception of the killing of the British subject at Shanghai, all the incidents (says the Chinese Foreign Office) happened as the result of the failure to obtain prompt and fair settlement of the Shanghai case. There never existed any anti-foreign tendency. Since the Shanghai occurrence the Government has issued mandates ordering the people to exercise self.re. straint, and has instructed the provincial authorities to maintain order. In view of the present circumstances, the Government hopes that the Ministers <»f the Powers will promptly settle the Shanghai case, then the present indignation will be appeased, and the ex. citement subside. The Government has given notification that it is determined to take severe measures against persons endeavouring to disturb the peace and goodwill of the colony, and is offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and

demand reforms. (Received Juno 22 at 9.5 p.m.) HONG KONG June 21. The labourers of Hong Kong lave formed a ..secret organisation, style*! the Hong Kong Labour Commission, with plenary powers to discuss strike matters. It is reiMjrtcd that the Commission •ire functioning under the patronage of the Canton Government. Ihe Lalxnir Commission hav.> formulated, inter alia, the following demands:— Firstly, Freedom of speech and ut the press and other publications Secondly—Equality of treatment for the Chinese, with no differentiation as to the registry of birth, and also the abolition of the deportation law. Thirdly—The labourers’ right to vote in the appointment of the Chinese members of the Legislative Council. Fourthly—The improvement of the labour conditions; the prohibition it child labour and the enforcement of ' the eight hour day. Fifthly—The revocation of tjie ordinance increasing the standard ot house rents fifteen per cent. Sixthly—No* racially discrimination and perniisiion for Chinese to reside within the Peak reservation.