CHINA QUIETER.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1925, Page 7

CHINA QUIETER.

ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING. '• HOSTILITY TO BRITAIN. SHIPPING STRIKE PHASE. By Telegraph.—Press Assa.—Copyright. Received June 21, p.m. Pekin, June 20. Delegates representing forty-eight colleges sent a deputation to interview tlie foreign War Min'istera demanding the severance of diplomatic relations with Britain. In Hankow and Tupan the situation, however, at least outwardly,' is quietening. Thtere are no signs of the threatened boycott and strike, and numbers of students have returned home during the past week. Shanghai is quiet, but there is no cebsation of anti-foreign propaganda. The decision to re-open the banks and shops is favourably affectin. the necessity which faces the Chinese to ei*d this phase of the situation, which is causing them much more severe losses and inconvenience than it is foreigners. The shipping strike, which is a strong anti-foreign weapon, is not weakening. Strikers are beginning to kidnap Japanese employees, who are taken to CWpei, robbed and beaten, and only released on the payment of money and promises to quit their employment. A wireless from Chinkiang states that the strikers have resolved that coal should not be sold to Britishers and Japanese at Swatow. Anti-foreign demonstrations continue at Foochow. An anti-Japanese 'boycott has been decided on, but the date has not been fixed. ORDERS TO BRITISH CRtISER. Received June 21, 5.5 p.m Sydney, June 2i. It is reported that the British cruiser Concord, now on the Australian station, has been ordered to proceed to China. A COLD RECEPTION. AGITATORS IN SHIPPING CIRCLES. Received June 20, 5.5 p.m. Pekin, June 20. Strike delegates from Shanghai and elsewhere visited the steamers in the harbour at Hongkong with the object of intimidating the crews. The agitators had a cold reception. The Indo-China Navigation Company*® steamers are carrying on as usual. A JAPANESE KILLED. SHOT BY UNKNOWN CHINESE Received June 21, 11.50 p.m. Pekin, June 20. A telegram from Canton states that Mr. Nakadai, a Japanese, treasurer of the Hukuai Hospital, was shot dead by an unknown Chinese outside the French gate at Shameen. The Japanese consul has notified' the public safety bureau and has requested police t<i be posted outside •Slianieeu. He has also made a formal protest and reserved the right to claim an indemnity. The Hukuai Hospital is a semi-official institution connected with the Formosa Government. Local authorities clawn that the ease is not connected with the present threatened strike against foreigners. The Japanese consul has advised nationals living m Canton to come to Shameen.