AN APPALLING PICTURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17190, 6 November 1923, Page 10 (Supplement)

AN APPALLING PICTURE.

BRIGANDAGE, MURDER AND OUTRAGE PROCEEDING.

POWERS MAY HAVE TO INTERVENE.

By Telegraph. Press Association.—Copyright.—'• The Times" Service. (Received November 7, 10.35 a m.) LONDON. November <>. The Pekin correspondent of “ The Times ” paints an appalling: picture of the brigandage, murder and outrage proceeding at present in China. He says:—“ If the foreign Powers wish to make an impression they must address themselves to the military governors, who alone are able to deal with the situation. But if they merely warn or threaten, the military governors will not make good their words, and the position of foreigners will surely become worse, nor will it be possible to coerce the military governors to do their duty without the employment of substantial forces. Before such a policy is undertaken the Powers must be prepared for intervention on a serious scale, for it would not be practicable to operate in the interior of difficult country without proper military precautions. Obviously the question is first whether positive intervention is necessary, and second whether the Powers are prepared to carry it through. The alternative is the reinforcement of the foreign garrisons.”