Second Edition CHINA’S TROUBLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 90, 15 June 1925, Page 6

Second Edition CHINA’S TROUBLES.

CATHOLIC CHURCH, FIRED. DEATH OF ITALIAN PRIEST. FOREIGN MINISTER IN HIDING. (Reuter.) (deceived 11.5 a.m.) Pekin, June 14. According to Chinese unofficial reports, the Catholic Church at Kaifeng was burned down yesterday. One Italian priest was killed. It is persistently reported that the Foreign Minister (Shenjuailm) has gone into hiding, fearing the students will persist in extreme demands to which he cannot agree. GOVERNMENT PANDERING TO STRIKERS. v .. ” (Received 11.55 a.m.) (Reuter.) Pekin, Jjune 14. There is an increasing feeling of serious concern among responsible foreigners that the Chinese Government is pandering to the strikers. The reason for this is believed to be mainly a matter of home politics. The Government, fearing public opinion, will veer to the opposition. Meanwhile the strikers’ attitude increasingly indicates a belief that the Government is with them. Antiforeign propaganda is more pronounced, and the situation in the interior generally is becoming worse. DEBACLE COMPLETE IN CANTON. Pekin, June 14. The Funnauese debacle is complete in Canton. Cold-blooded butchery of the defeated forces is rife. Stragglers caught in the Bund are stabbed With bayonets, or riddled with bullets and thrown into the river. Fleeing officers, endeavoring to escape by steamer to Hong Kong, were Intercepted and killed or taken to the Red Navy, stripped of practically everything of value and then mercilessly killed. The Kuonintegg Society leaders at Hong Kong repudiated the intention of establishing a Communistic Government in Canton. They denied that there is any alliance with the Soviet.

As it is impossible to find one man to till Sun Yat Sen’s place, it is intended to create a Commission to carry on the wotk of administration.