CHINA AND THE POWERS
NOTE FROM AMBASSADORS. FULFILMENT OF TREATY , OBLIGATIONS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. PEKING, December 9. The Foreign Ministers met to-day, and drafted a Note to the Chinese Government drawing attention to the necessity of observing its treaty obligations, and indicating the readiness of the Powers concarncd to assist China in accordance with tho terms of the Washington Treaty if China’s foreign, obligations were fulfilled. —Reuter. THE KIDNAPPED STUDENTS. REFUSAL TO PAY RANSOM. PEKING, December 9. Three of the kidnapped students were released on parole. They reached the Canton Christian College, bringing the robbers’ demand for ransom. Tho Governor ordered the delegates not to return and not to pay the ransom. He warned the elders of four villages in the bandit district that he would destroy the villages unless the students were released. Troops have been dispatched thither.—Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19351, 11 December 1924, Page 9
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