CHAOS IN CHINA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19503, 11 June 1925, Page 9

CHAOS IN CHINA

A SERIOUS OUTLOOK. MILITARY LEADERS SUPPORT STUDENTS. HEAVY FIRING AT CANTON. P:e?j Association—By Telegraph—Copyright PEKING, June 9. Finner cl Canton has been incessant during "the last 60 hours. A minimum amount of damage has been caused because of the barricaded positions. It is expected that the contest will be long drawn out, with small chance o£_ a decision till the armies meet in the East and West River districts. . . Sharneen, despite its close proximity to the native Bund, has not been tired on, and no foreigners have been molested. The vernacular papers report that I’eng-Yuh-siang has issued a circular supporting the" student agitations. They also state that he telegraphed to Chang-Tso-lin urging the militarists to co-operate with each other and with the people to obtain rights for the Chinese. Chang-Tso-lin is reported to have replied agreeing with these sentiments, but it is believed that the two generals arc merely desirous, of skewing sympathy with the popular movement, and do not contemplate any anti-foreign action. —Reuter. ’ The Chinese merchant volunteers tried to incite the Ch’inese workers of the Belgian mill, which is on Chinese territory, to strike. The workers refused, and a quarrel ensued, in the course of which the Chinese volunteers fired on the -workers, killing one and wounding several. Shanghai continues to settle down. Ihe bakers have resumed, and some of the shops have been reopened. The domestics are returning to work. There have beeir no riots at the riverports, but much unrest is reported. Consular reports state that tire Chungking students are agitating, but the commanding generals assure the Consuls that they wTll maintain order and guarantee the safety of foreigners. Rioters wrecked the Asiatic Petroleum Company's offices at Tai-Yuan-fu.^ It is understood that Chang-Tso-lin is issuing a circular telegram advising the students to refrain from acts of violence. H.M.S. Hawkins put in at Woosung. Her departure for Singapore has been postponed indefinitely.—Reuter. GREAT BRITAIN’S ATTITUDE. SUPPORT lOR LOCAL OFFICIALS. LONDON* June 9. (Received June 10, at j.O p.m.) In the House of Commons, replying to questions by Labour members regarding the trouble in China, Mr Ronald M‘Neill (Foreign Under-Secretary) emphasised that law and order had to be maintained in the international settlement at Shanghai. The Government would give all necessary support to the British officials on the spot. He expressed sympathy ■with the Chinese people, and emphasised that Britain’s policy towards China was animated by no other desire than that China should become peaceful and prosperous.—A. and N. Z. Cable.