CHINA TO KETRENGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17251, 29 August 1919, Page 7

CHINA TO KETRENGH.

DISBANDING THE ARMY. 25,000 TROOPS A MONTH. REORGANISING THE NAVY. By Telegraph— Association Copyright. (Received 11.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. It is understood that the Chinese i Government has decided to disband ! 25,000 troops a month, commencing : on September 1, in order to retrench ! financially. Plans are now being , considered for an extensive re- ' organisation of« the Chinese Navy, following the reports of the Chinese naval mission which recently visited the Allied countries. { JAPAN AT TSING-TAU. ENEMY PROPERTIES SEIZED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 28. • The Pekin correspondent of the New York Times states that it is reported that the Japanese authorities have begun taking over German and Austrian properties at Tsingtau. UNSIGNED PEACE TREATY. i STATE OF WAR CONTINUES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) " NEW YORK, Aug. 28. , j Advices from Pekin received in ! Washington state that the Nether- ; lands Minister, representing the | German Government, has requested the Chinese Government to alter | the rule requiring German nationals . ! to report to the authorities weekly, permitting them to report once a month. The Chinese Government ( replied that, since China had nob signed the Peace Treaty, war be- 1 tween China and Germany still ' continued, and enemy alien regula- 1 tions could not be changed.