RED PROPAGANDA

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 112, 8 April 1927, Page 7

RED PROPAGANDA

MISLEADING THE WORLD. -

ANTI-BRITISH FEELING.

STIMULATED FROM MOSCOW.

(By Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 8, 11.25 a.m. RUGBY, April 7.

Replying to a Conservative member’s question in the House of Commons regarding the Chinese propaganda of the Red International and the action he proposed to take in view of the note to the Russian Government, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that appeals of the kind referred to form part of the ordinary programme of the Third International, and recent evbnts in China had provided them with a fresh opportunity of endeavouring to mislead the opinion of the world, by entirely false statements. The anti-foreign feeling in general, and the anti-British feeling in particular had undoubtedly been encouraged and stimulated from Moscow. The British Government did not think it expedient to take further action on the note or Soviet’s reply at present. —British official wireless. FRANCE’S CO-OPERATION. URGED BY COMMERCIAL MEN. LONDON, April 6. The Times’s Paris correspondent states that the Franco-Asiatic Chamber of Commerce, including the Messageries Maritimes (tho leading steamship company of France, trading mostly with the East), the Shanghai Tramways Company, and many FrancoChinese companies, banks and commercial organisations, have written to M. Briand urging the wisdom of a general policy of agreement with the other Powers in China, ind declaring that it would be most dangerous to trust in the promises of moderate Chinese Ministers', who are probably destined shortly to be overwhelmed. The letter adds: “Tho French Concession at Shanghai is at present adequately defended, taking into account the fact that there wdl be other military support to the French in tbe event of emergencies.”

UNITED STATES MARINES. REINFORCEMENTS SENT. Received April 8, 9.55 a.m. WASHINGTON. Apirl, 7. A message from San Diego states that 1500 marines sailed for Shangliai on the transport Henderson.--A. aud N.Z. cable. ATTITUDE IN LONDON. LONDON, April 6. In order to avoid misconception, it is semi-officially explained that tbe Russian Embassy at Pekin was not invaded. A building was raided in the Embassy grounds, and as it was necessary to traverse the grounds to reach the building, the diplomatic corps granted permission for that purpost. The Foreign Office has not received confirmation of the raid. Official circles question the truth of* the report and doubt the suggestion that the diplomatic corps gave specific authorisation. Ordinarily no warrants can bo executed within the settlements without the diplomats’ signature, which ordinarily is automatically granted 1 ; otherwise criminals could very easily take sanctuary there and defy the police. In the present disturbed conditions the diplomatic corps must be sure in tbe case of every request, all the Powers being equally anxious to avoid any appearance of partisanship. It is unofficially suggested" that it is most probable that an application was made to raid some building where Russians were housed. The diplomats would feel bound to consent to an act which Chinese authorities represented as esesntial, butvit is most doubtful whether they would consent to u deliberate raid on the Russian Embassy. —A. and N.Z. cable.