CHINESE AFFAIRS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 July 1928, Page 5

CHINESE AFFAIRS

FIGHTING RESUMED. ■B' BATTLE AT CHEFOO. CONSULS DEMAND PROTECTION. (Australian Press Association —United Service.) SHANGHAI, July 23. Righting broke out on Sunday night at .Glietoo, when troops under Genera! Dzungdjinkao, formerly commander of Chang-clmng-Chang’s bodyguard, attacked the forces under Colonel Sze at midnight, continuing the fight till 4 o’clock in the morning and isolating Consular Hill.

During an attempt- to establish communication between the Consulates and the foreign warships an American sailor was wounded in the hand by a stray bullet.

To-day posters ordered by Dzungdjinkao announced that lie was acting under orders by Chang-Chung-Ghang, who is expected in Cheioo in a few days. > The American Consul has demanded an investigation by the Chinese authorities, while the British and Japanese Consuls have demanded naval protection. *

ABROGATION OF TREATIES. DISPUTE IN PROGRESS. SHANGHAI, July 23. The dispute over the abrogation of the Chinese treaties is now definitely in progress The Italian Consul-General, Signor Galanti, to-day issued a statement announcing that it was well that everyone in China should know that the Sino-Italinn treaty had not lapsed in consequence of the illegal unilateral declaration by the Nanking Government. The Italian Government reserved the. right to adopt such measures as it deemed opportune in the case of violation of the treaty, though naturally it was ready to meet the Chinese desires lor treaty revision.