WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

Northern Advocate, 22 June 1925, Page 5

WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

PATRIOTIC DISPLAY. (Received 1.50 p.m.) PEKIN, June 21. The position is improving at Chunking, foreigners remaining across the river at other Yang-tse ports. Tientsin is quiet. The Chinese delegation has been ordered to Pekin. British and other foreign women and children arrived at Dingkong from the Shameen, where they were advised to leave. Armed pickets and police are patrolling tlie business quarters as a precautionary measure. The Consul-Ceneral at Canton outlined an interview which he had with the Chinese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The latter maintans that the strike is part of a spontaneous patriotic outbreak in sympathy with the Shanghai affair. The Canton Government was not responsible for the strike, but could not go against the expressed will of the people and call off the strike. He gave an assurance that there would be no destruction of life or property. Foreigners meeting at the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce resolved to postpone the reopening of the banks and shops until June 24, also to postpone settlement day till July 21. A Britisher named Maslem was struck between the shoulders with a meat-axe and seriously injured, but is progressing satisfactorily. The Third Mukden Regiment mutinied at Chon-hsn on the Pekin —Mukden line, damaging the station. The gendarmerie commandant in a neighbouring town sent a detachment to round up the mutineers. —Reuter.