CHINA'S RECONSTRUCTION.
TREATIES AS OBSTACLES.
DEMAND FOR ABOLITION.
NATIONAL FEELING AROUSED
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.
(Received Mav 10, 5.5 p.m.) SHANGHAI, May 9,
Amazing scenes occurred at the National People's Convention at Nanking. As a dramatic climax, in response to an appeal by tho President, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, all the 500 delegates roso to support an extraordinary motion to the effect that tho " unequal treaties between China and foreign Governments bo abolished immediately."
Huge crowd:! madly cheered tho dele gates' decision.
Chang Hsueh-liang, the Mukden war lord, was appointed to draft a manifesto demanding the complete abolition of the treaties, which wero declared to bo " tho most serious obstacle to the unification and reconstruction of China to-day." Saturday was the anniversary of the imposition of Japan's 21 demands, which constitute China's greatest grievance.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20869, 11 May 1931, Page 9
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