CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14800, 2 January 1919, Page 3

CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.

NEEJ> FOR UNTTED ACTION liV The need for united action by the Allies mi Chtaa, m view of the struggle between, the north aiid tlie south, and the consequent chaos, is emphasised m cabled messages from Peking. "I read t£.e telegrams fi-om Peking to mean, a great deal more than they say," said Mx W. Pritehardi Moiagan, the largest shareholder, m the Eastern Pioneer Company. "The delay of seven or eight days m their publication leads me to the conclusion that they have been considerably toned' down by the censor. "There is a strong feeling among Ainglo-Chinese m the city that the time has arrived when all the Allies should keep a sharp eye on Cliina, and; not leave tlie task to Japadi alone. When it ,is( i"omembered tliat tiie province of Saedhuan alone is 10,000 square miles greater m extent.than the German E^j pure, and that it has a population of between 70,000,000 aaid 80.000,000, the value jf maintaining^Bntish rights acquired 1 tliere nearly 20 years ago iwiill be imderatood." - "The province of Szeohivm holds inimense deposita of potash, as large and valuable as the deposit* of .SLa.s-sfurl, <m which Germany relies as an asset m bidd:ag for peace terms. Thei'e ai^ a'so great gold and oil fields and mines of almost every baser metal. Concessions for the mining of these were secured 19 years ago by the (British) Eastern Pioneer Company, m lvhose shares there were more tiwuactions m <>no day recently than those of any other security quoted."