JAPAN FEARS FOR NATIONALS’ SAFETY

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3577, 7 April 1927, Page 7

JAPAN FEARS FOR NATIONALS’ SAFETY

Withdrawal Ordered From Interior China ■WARSHIPS REMAIN IN ALL PORTS [By Electric Cable-Copyright] [Auat. and N.Z. Cable i Association.] (Received Wednesday, 8.30 p.m.) . TOKYO, April 5. The Japanese Government has decided on a policy of withdrawing all Japanese residents from the interior' of China pending settlements, and are not depending on chaotic China for the protection of Japanese nationals, nor are holding a non-existent - Chinese Government responsible for its actions. i Cabinet has decided this Is the best method of rendering assistance to a neighbour, pending the final and definite negotiations of now treaties, or an establishment of able 'to take control of concentrations. Japanese residents in China and at Hankow has already been ordered to leave the country and .will ,b« taken aboard in Government ships. Japanese warships remain in all ports in China guarding Japariese property, .. .■, • - . ", . . . ; ■ ■_ J LABOUR COUNCIL APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT. THAT NO ULTIMATUM BE : ■ PRESENTED. (Received Wednesday, 7 p.m.) . . LONDON, April 5. The Labour National Joint' Committee at a meeting held in the House of Commons, passed a resolution appealing to the Government that in view of the contradictory reports from Nanking it. should refrain from presenting the Chinese authorities, with anything in the nature of an ultimatum" based on expert statements, the rejection of which would lead to a state warfare. It . demands that the Government shall Immediately open negotiations and in the event of disagreement submit outstanding points to an arbitration tribunal: under the aegis of the League of Nations, undertaking not to make claims in China except in accordance with such tribunal’s decision, OVER 80,000 FOREIGNERS IN SHANGHAI. CITY HANDLES HALE TRADE OF CHINA, The preponderating foreign interests In the international settlement at Shanghai are British, the amount of British papital invested In land, buildings,, plants and manufactured stocks, municipal debentures and mortgages on Chinese property being not less than,. £63.250,000. Including residents outside the settlement, the British population is in the .neighbourhood of 7000. British trade and enterprise have been, and still are, the .backbone of the place, which was in origin about as unpromising a piece of land as Britons overseas have over, been given to develop. In Shanghai to-day there are over 13,000 Japanese, about 2000 Americans, 300 French, close on 3000 Russians. and some 5200 subjects of other foreign nations, the Chinese totalling ab0ut.81.0,200, of. whom the majority aro natives of Kiangsu and Chekiang Provinces,. some 51,000 being Cantonese. All these have, of course, contributed very largely to the welfare and. prosperity of Shanghai, the foundations of which, however, have been British administrative and commercial capacity. • To-day Shanghai does nearly half the foreign trade of China, yields China nearly half its Customs revenue and is. the chief centre from which the economic influences which aro shaping jnqdern China radiate. The future ,of , Shanghai is of the very greatest importance to Britain, WOSOOW TRANSMUTING MONEY TO CANTONESE. INDIRECTLY VIA CONSTANTINOPLE. (Received Wednesday, 8 p.m.) LONDON, April 5. The "Times” Constantinople correipondent says he has learned that Moscow is transmitting substantial sums to the Cantonese via Constantinople from which centra money is being telegraphed to different merchants.in China as pretended payment for goods bought by Turkish merchants in China. It ia stated that 100,000 dollars have been thus transmitted during the last sis: weeks. AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ARRESTED. ALLEGED PROPAGANDISTS FOR NATIONALISTS. (Received Wednesday, 8.30 p.m.) PEKIN, April 5. The Chinese police arrested Wilbur Burton and Mrs. Mildred Mitchell, American news writers, on charges, on tharges of being propagandists for (he Nationalist Government tending to overthrow Ihq constituted authorities

and to incite the Pekin public to disorder. The alleged propagandists aro guarded at an hotel by the Chinese police pending their being handed over to the Untcd States’ authorities. Both prisoners were formerly employed on Shanghai newspapers. BRITAIN’S EXPORTS TO AND IMPORTS PROM CHINA. (Received Wednesday, 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 5, Major Sir P. Cunliffc-Llsrer, President of the Board of Trade, in the course of a -written reply regarding Britain’s exports to China showed that for the years between 1920 and 1925 they were £41,761,000; £24,833,000; £21,837,000; £17,290,000; £19,082,000; and £13,635,000 respectively. Imports from China wore: £4,238,000; £1,3374,000; £1,910,000; £2,133,000; £2,952,000 and £2,253,000 respectively*