POSITION IN CHINA

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 5

POSITION IN CHINA

PEACE STILL UNCERTAIN.

CANTONESE TROOPS AGGRESSION. WILL NOT RECOGNISE NANKING GOVERNMENT. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 10.5 a.m.) Shanghai, March 4. No definite steps were taken locally to-day to further the peace movement, though negotiations are continuing for the purpose of summoning a round table conference.

The greatest difficulty in the way of peace consists of the refusal of the Cantonese troops to accept, any terms arranged by the Nanking Government, which they described as not representative of the whole of China and is without credit. A war bulletin issued at Nanking states that a body of Chinese troops, consisting of 20,000 Fengyuhsiang men, landed at Liuho and captured positions from the Japanese. The Shanghai authorities have much trouble in controlling the crowds of Chinese, who either believing the Chinese have won a victory or because they wished to create panic, startled the inhabitants by a great crackerfiring demonstration over the city. Ultimately the city volunteers assisted to restore order.