PEACE?

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 7, 19 December 1911, Page 5

PEACE?

ALLEGED ANGLO-JAPANESE MEDIATION. IN CHINA’S SORE STRAITS. Toldo, December 18. The newspapers assert that Britain and Japan are combining to secure peace in China. The Foreign Office declares the report is premature. A message from Shanghai states that the rebels have been notified that Britain and Japan are prepared to guarantee certain terms if peace is declared. The Japanese newspaper, the “Jiji Shimpo,” announces that both countries will take decisive measures if the terms are refused. IMPERIALISTS AND REBELS CONFER. ANGLO-JAPANESE MEDIATORS. Pekin, December 18. The British and Japanese ConsulsGeneral will act as mediators at the forthcoming negotiations between the Imperialists and Revolutionaries. VIEWS OF BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE. REPORTS PREMATURE. London, December 18. The Foreign Office states that the Japanese reports concerning AngloJapanese peace intervention in China are unauthorised. It is impossible to issue a statement on the matter at present, pending negotiations. BUT FIGHTING IS NOWISE DIMINISHED. SUNDAY OPERATIONS. Pekin, December 18. The Imperialists now control Taiyuanfu. General Chang, with -1000 rebels, attacked Kingcbau. The Mancbn garrison surrendered, their lives being spared by the intercession of a Catholic missionary. r J lie rebels at Shanshi are demoralised, poorly armed, and fleeing. During their flight four locomotives, drawing the retreating troops, blew up. The occupants of the trains fled to the hills. The Mancbn soldiery have demanded arrears of pay, and stipulate that future remuneration shall be in the nature of pay and not Mancbn bounty, also opening of all colleges and compulsory attendance of students, the suppression of opium smoking and gambling. Misses Soars and Mollny, Australian missionaries, were conveyed to TTankau, whence they are to bo deported to Australia for disobeying the British Consul’s orders to leave.