ANTI-FOREIGNISM

Northern Advocate, 22 January 1927, Page 5

ANTI-FOREIGNISM

PERMEATING CHINA UNABATED TURMOIL. HOST OF REFUGEES. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, January 21. A naval wireless message transmit ted from Peking reports that the Hankow situation is quiet. Conversations are proceeding between Mr O’Malley and Mr Eugene Chen. At Ivuikiang the situation is serious. The French Consul was held prisoner by strike pickets and was released only on foreigners undertaking that he would not leave the concession. At Ichang virulent anti-British posters have been distributed. More refugees have left for Hankow. At Shasi the military endeavoured to commandeer a British tug. The warship Cockchafer effected the tug’s release.

Anti-foreignism is rampant in Amoy, Foochow, Swatow and Canton.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, had conferences with Mr Ramsay MacDonald and Mr Lloyd George separately, as leaders respectively of the Opposition and Liberal parties, and explained the position regarding China, especially the precautionary measures adopted by the Government.—A. and N.Z.

CRUISER AND TROOPS.

SPANISH PRECAUTIONS.

MADRID, January 20,

General Prime de Rivera and his Ministers, after a long conference, decided to send a cruiser and troops to Shanghai, with orders to protect religious missions.—A. and N.Z.

HANKOW SITUATION.

DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS

(Received 11.22 a.m.) PEKING, January 21,

A private foreign wire from Hankow states that the situation there has developed seriously. One thousand British and American men are being evacuated. No official confirmation has been received up to the present.—A. and N.Z. , AMERICAN PRECAUTIONS. ! NOTICE TO NATIONALS. I (Received 12.10 p.m.) j PEKING, January 21. The American Minister, Mr- Me Murray, who was 1 going to America to confer -frith Mr Kellogg in regard to affairs' in China, has been recalled to Peking by cable from Washington. Hitherto there have been no signs of disturbances, strikes or anti-foreign feeling here, but the authorities are takitg all precautions. It is believed the Feng-tien and Manchurian forces are determined to prevent trouble. A double guard, with fixed bayonets, are posted outside foreign residences, and picked patrols march the streets all night -with orders ruthlessly to suppress disturbers of the peace. The American authorities have warn-; cd their nationals that the signal of j trouble in the daytime will be the j“blue peter” below the Stars and Stripes on the wireless tower of the Legation, and at night six red lights. On receipt of a warning, Americans are instructed to concentrate on three j given points, from which they will be I 'escorted to the Legation.—A. and N.Z.!