SHANGHAI QUIET.
NEXT MOVE NANKING. BRITAIN MAY GIVE BACK WEI-HAI-WEI (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, March 14. Officials telegrams show that the military situation in China is vague. The Shanghai front is reported quiet. There are indications that the next lighting will be in defence of Nanking and. the protection of railway communication.
There is no confirmation of the report that the Chinese naval force off Blockhouse Island at Shanghai has gone over to the Cantonese. Tho Nationalists at Shanghai issued a statement that they intend to recover the settlement by propaganda and boycott, but will not use force either by riots or otherwise. Tho situation at Wuhu is now quiet. Business has resumed but no British women or children are there. The Government has decided to station /i British Legation officer at Hankow in order to continue diplomatic relations with the Cantonese.
The "Daily Telegraph's" diplomatic correspondent says that negotiations relating to the eventual retrocession 0 f Wei Hai-woi to China hav<* continued for pome time between Sir Miles Lampson and Dr. Wellington Koo. SHANTUNGESE RIOTERS AT SHANGHAI. COMMANDER OF TROOPS APOLOGISES. (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) SHANGHAI. March 14. General Pishon Chen, commander of the Shantung troops in the Shanghai area,' called on General Duncan, who is in charge at Shanghai, and explained in tho course of a friendly conversation that tho attempt on the part of his troops to enter the Settlement on the 12th was due to an unfortunate misunderstanding. Ho was willing and able to maintain order in the Shanghai area. IRRATIONAL QUIXOTRY. HANDING OVER CONCESSIONS. (Received Tuesday, 11.10 p.m.) SHANGHAI, March 15. The British concession seized and held by the Cantonese on January 4th to-day officially reverted to the Chinese in accordance with the ChenO'Malley agreement. Commenting thereon, the Nortn China Daily News, the official British organ, declares: "It must be said that ; Britons at Hankow and elsewhere look to the future with deep misgiving and cannot rid themselves of tho thought that th« Concession ought never to have been lost. A grave blunder was committed and Britain's interests were sacrificed to false political expediency. "The only explanation of this strange sad story is that tho British Government never meant to impose any conditions or reauire guarantees for the welfare of its nationals, but made no its mind to hand over the concessions as a free gift. By so doing it sought to appeal to the best sense of the Chinese by a supremo act of friendship." The paper describes this act as a pieco of irrational quixotry which instead of inolifying the extremists, let alone earning their gratitude, has been followed by fresh excesses against the British. The only hopeful sign is that the Chinese are beginning to understand the madness of the course to which tho Labour Unions under the dominance of Moscow agents are consigning them. Sooner or later they must revolt against the tyranny of the Labour Unions.
CLIPPING CANTONESE LEADERS
WINGS
(Received Tuesday, 11.20 p.m.) SHANGHAI, March 15
Tho conference of tho central executive of the Kuomintang passed a resolution abolishing the position of chairman of the political council, standing committee and military council each of which Chang KaiShek formerly held, and instituting instead a board of chairmen making the position of generalissimo subject to the authority of the military council - Tt remains to be whether tne changes p.vh merely superficial or are really radical and intended to curb Chang's power.
The conference also resolved to create five new ministers —'LaD° ur ' Education, Agriculture, Industries and Health. The Ministers will be chosen by the political council.
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