POSITIVE POLICY

Northern Advocate, 20 June 1925, Page 5

POSITIVE POLICY

, ADOPTED TOWARDS CHINA I j .VBQTEC'TING BRITISH INTERESTS. , FUNDAMENTAL DUTY. j j (Received 10.45 a.m.) i LONDON, June 19. In the House of Commons, answering I ! the question, "What, is the British fio- j ' vernment going to do?" in the course j of a debate 1 initiated by a La bom* member, Mr. C. P. Trevelyan (Newcastle-on-Tync), on the situation in Chinn, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, said tlint in common with t-'ie | other Powers interested the British ; j Government would protect the life and I | property of British subjects in China j j and. hold the Chinese Government re | I sponsible for all injuries and damage | j inflicted either on British, subjects or ' ; British property. There could be no j weakness or hesitation. It was a fundamental duty of every British Go- ] vernmeiit, which miy British Govern- j ment must discharge. It Ava<? not a remedy for the situation, but it was a i • i i necessity arising out of outrages whudi , | had occurred. —Reuter. J i LAN AUTHORITY. | j STRIKESS OUT OF HAND. FOREIGNERS ABOARD GUNBOATS. (Received 11.50 a.m.) PEKIN, June 19. leliang students are promoting an anti-foreign strike. ! Kui-kiang, Ku-ling and Chin-kiang ar£ quiet. The Nan-king position is uncertain. Much, suppressed excitement necessitates continued precautions. Considerable unrest is jeopardising the position of British, American and Japanese subjects. Reports from Han-kow state that the Chinese authorities at Chun* kiang allowed the strikers to get out of hand. Many foreigners took refuge aboard gunboats. Foreign telegram from Han-kow speak of 'the riots in Chun-kiang on Wednesday as I though the acute trouble had passed, and the absence of further wireless news from the Chun-kiang naval division endorses this view.—Reuter. TIENTSIN SITUATION. ASSURANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE. | (Received 2.15 p.m.) i PEKIN, June. 19. It is stated authoritatively that the Ministry of Communications has issued an order to the telegraph, postal and railway services that each employee must have one day's pay deducted monthly as a contribution to the strike f.unds. Armed police are guarding institutions at Hong Kong at which essential services are being carried on, as a j precaution against intimidaton of the J employees. At Tientsin the situation is quiet. There have been no strikes. The agitators' activities at present are confined to virulent anti-British pro- j paganda in the local vernacular papers and the displaying of posters in the natitve city. All the colleges are closed. The British concession is still j patrolled by Feng-tien officers in con- J junction with concession police. As a result of the Consular body's meeting at Hankow with the Military Governor of Hupeli the latter gave an assurance of protection of foreign lives and property with his 3000 troops, following upon which the volunteers and bluejackets will be rej dueed. j The student agitators have return--led to Pekin, it is reported as a . j result of hint from the Governor. — j | Reuter. i