CHINA’S BID
FOR FREEDOM. FROM FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Mav 10 at 5.5 p.m.) 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 Ch ang Kai hek, the enti.e five hundred delegates rose in support of an extraordinary motion that the unequal treaties betwee n China and foreign government' be abolished immediately. Huge crowds madly cheered the delegates’ 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) i s the anniversary of the imposition of Japan’s 21 demands which are China’s greatest grievance.
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Grey River Argus, 11 May 1931, Page 5
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