BUSINESS IN CHINA

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 124, 23 April 1927, Page 9

BUSINESS IN CHINA

NECE3* ITY FOR RESUMPTION, MEETIN I CALLED BY EUGENE CHEN. UNEA SINESS INCREASING. (By Elept io Telegraph.—Copyright.) Receiv ;d April 23, 10.45 a.m. . ' ■ SHANGHAI, April- 22. Simultun HHisly with the issue of a notice to. he consulates stating that the . Natio lalist Government cannot guarantee he integrity of foreign premises vac a 3d by their rightful owners, Me .Eugeni Chen called a meeting of foreign but iness men and stressed the necessity f r the resumption of business. Owing to a shortage of coal and rice all stocks i f these commodities have been comm .ndeered and rationed. The Governmcn is also collecting all silver. The gene al uneasiness is •increasing. —A. and KZ. cable.

N EW SITUATION. REACTIO; r AGAINST BOLSHEVIKS. LONDON, April 22. Mr Aslin md-Bartlett, telegraphing from Shangl ai to the Daily Telegraph, sums up th< new situation as follows: —“The war between North and South has been. temporarily suspended. Chian* Kui 3hck and Chang Tso-lin are actively negotiating for a common movement i gainst the Communists. Thus far Si n Chuan Feng has not shown a dos re to co-operate, blit he is likely to oil e into line. “The situ tion at Hankow is growing worst. Even the Communist leaders art errorised by mob rule. M. Jaoob Boroi in, the Russian adviser, has been to ipelled to take refuge in a hospital ii the French Concession. “Borodin rrote to Chiang Kai-shek to say than nless the General stopped his anti-Bolt ievik measures he (Borodin) would i iturn to Russia. “Chiang Kai-shek replied: ‘The sooner you g t out tlnKbett-er. We have had enough of you and the disasters you have hr night on. China.’ “There in low a provisional Government, forme 1 in Nanking, with Tsai Yuon-poi an • temporary - chairman, pending the elucidation of Wang Ching-wei’s } osition, as it is doubtful whether Wai g has gone over to the Bolsheviks o is forcibly detained at Hankow. “It is evic! >nt that there is a great reaction agii ist the Bolsheviks, owing to the fear >f action by the Great Powers. The; noderate Nationalists desire to shov that they can govern 'China, and tl ey wish Europeans to regard them ai friends. “The movei lents of the.fleet I 'and the continual flig its of aeroplanes have persuaded ih Nationalists that the Powers are t ;rious in their demands for reparatioi s for the Nanking outrages. It shoi Id be remembered that Chiang Kai-s ek. does not repudiate yiolence unfil lie undertakes to punish the guilty r, r , lanking. “It canpct be said .that active war exists betweu Nanking aqd Hankow. It is to the in erest of. the. Communists at-Hankow t< cease activities momentarily, arid lih is avofd facing reprisals frpm the, Nevertheless, the Powers must ot allow the outrages to go unpunishsc merely, on account of a change of G)V ririment.” —A. and N.Z. cable. .. '

CHIAN PS INFLUENCE. HIGH HCP 5S ENTERTAINED. ' LONDON, April 21. F#-eign 0 ffi e circles do not expect an improvenie it in the Nanking situation till Ch.a ig Ivai-shek has time to assert his autl irity. Cliiang has bad a good influence in other storm centres, conseqhe: tly high hopes are entertained. A dispatch las been received from the British Cc usul at Hankow regretting the exag ;erated press accounts that Britons w Te subjected to indignities and assau ts. All these are declared to be intrue. —A. and N.Z. cable. DEMAND FOR REPARATIONS. FRANCE W TH THE POWERS. PARIS, April 21. Official circle announce that France is solidly with the Powers in demanding reparation! for the Nanking outrages, and is £ r en prepared to go the length of appl ing sanctions. Official quai ters tone down the earlier story 1 lat Britain wishes to blockade the Y ingtse River. They explain that it w is only intended to isolate Hankow, ' here there are now 43 warships.—A. : nd N.Z. cable.