TROUBLE IN CHINA
CANTON OCCUPIED. PEKING, January 15. The Yunnan and Kwangsi troops, which arp supporting Dr Sun Yat Sen, are ad"^otal 1 « Th« Government troops are not dependable Chen Chiung-Ming has fled to Waicho, and the city is left penniless, without responsible Government. . , The enemy is expected to reach Canton on January 16. - n CANTON, January 17. The forces favouring Dr Sun Yat-sen have entered Canton. General Chan Kuochen is taking over the control of the city. _ JAPAN AND CHINA. PEKING, January 18. The House of Representatives adopted a resolution declaring the “twenty-one demands” made by Japan null and void, and urging the Government to take steps to secure the restoration of Dalny and Port Arthur by March 26. Canton reports state that many thousands of Constitutionalist troops are pouring into the city. SCENE IN CHINESE PARLIAMENT. PEKING, January 20. Parliament carried a vote of confidence in Chang Shaot Tsang’s Cabinet by a vote of 350 to 40, amid stormy scenes. The students of the National Uni'ersitv stormed Parliament and fought with the legislators until the police ejected the students from the building. Fifty were injured, 10 seriously. The students protested against the confirmation of Pang Yun, who caused the rearrest of a former Finance Minister, Low En Kan, on a bribery charge after he had been cleared. The students declared that Pang Yun was unduly interfering in judicial matters.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3593, 23 January 1923, Page 27
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