CHINA'S CHAOTIC STATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18635, 29 April 1924, Page 7

CHINA'S CHAOTIC STATE.

NO MONEY IN TEEASURY HOSTILITY TO FOREIGNERS. DARING ACTS OF BANDITS. OUTRAGE AT . CHUNKING. MISSION STATIONS CLOSED. By Telegraph Press Association— (Received 8.55 p.m.) A. and N.Z. PEKING, April 27. A meeting held here under the auspices of certain Chinese leaders to discuss the arrest of Chinese soldiers for assaulting foreigners within the Legation quarter, demanded the recall of the British Minister. Conditions in China continue to be extremely bad. The Treasury is empty, the revenues are insignificant and until the Boxer indemnity dispute with France is settled there is little prospect of an improvement. The British, French, and Japanese Ambassadors are conferring on the subject of defaulted and unsecured debts. This, together with the hostility shown to foreigners, especially in the interior provinces where foreign firms are removing their concessions, may cause the diplomats to ask for intervention. The China Inland Mission has closed several of its stations owing to raids by soldiers and bandits. I A daring outrage occurred at Chunking, 200 yards from the British and American gunboats' moorings. Six Standard Oil Company's junks were attacked and robbed. Consulate messengers have been insulted on several occasions.