WIDEST POWERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16210, 7 December 1926, Page 6

WIDEST POWERS

» BRITISH ENVOY IN CHINA ! BUT NO INTERVENTION ' (Etec. Tel. Copyright—Oiutod Press Afsii.j (Australian and rv./. Cable Association. (Received December 7. 2 p.m.) { PKKIN, December 6. Commander Locker-Lampson, Britain's : nc.s- envoy, addressing British business men at Shanghai, declared that intei. i ventimi by Britain was unthinkable. I Commander I'iOcker-Lampsou said lie had the widest powers to deal with the situation and 1 intended conferring with the rival War Lords with a view- to an amicable settlement. He said Britain was prepared to suffer more rather than intervene in order to maintain her trade. Ho declared Britain's designs in China Were not political or territorial. A report from Hankow .states that there lias been a landing of marines in co-openation with the civilian police in all concessions, and the threatened general strike and sabotage has been staved off. In many instances the'demands of the agitators have been granted, and- they are temporarily pacified. Trade, nevertheless, i.s paralysed, and vessels tied up have been confiscated 1 by the military. The China Merchant Co., the largest, of Chinese companies in the Far East, employing many foreigners, is going into liquidation owing to Snnchuanfang's commandeering practically the total lleet for the transportation or troops.