CHAOTIC CHINA
VOID OF AUTHORITY.
T A FIASCO.
TROOPS BECOME BRIGANDS.
(Received 10.40 a.m.) PEKIN, July 23. Grotesque as is the situation in China It is nevertheless fraught with danger. The capital is devoid of administration, beyond three members of the defunct Cabinet. They issue mandates and orders at the Regent's direction. Parliament is not sitting, as a quorum is unobtainable. All sources of revenue are dry. The Chinese Diplomatic Missions abroad are breaking up, as they are not receiving remittances from Pekin.
The Chinese are wondering how soon tho trooos will invade and bltckmail the banks and merchants for their maintenance or openly loot.
In seveial provinces the troops are carrying on civil war, competing with the. brigands in harrying the inhabitants. Most cruel anarchism prevails. Trade is at a standstill. Foreign vessels on the Upper Yangtse are frequently fusilladed by riflemen hidden amongst the rocks. Illegal taxation of goods in transit is the most important function of the administrative officers in the provinces. Foreign treaties ,do not -count outside the Treaty Ports. Foreigners are again becoming th« traditional "Foreign Devil." . - ditional "Foreign Devil."—Times.
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Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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