SERIOUS UNREST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17571, 23 June 1925, Page 7

SERIOUS UNREST.

JAPANESE ASSAULTED. CHINESE SITUATION STILL GRAVE By Telegraph.—Frees Assn.—Copyright. Ay e. &. X.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 23, 11.10 a.m.) PEKIN. June 22. At Swatow, Amoy and Foochow the situation is fair- Demonstrations are continuing, but the strikes are not spreading. At the Yang-tze ports the position is unchanged. Coolies at Wu-hu assaulted a Japanese Salt Commissioner, whom the Chinese police thereupon arrested on a charge of being in possession of arms. At Iloi-how and Ilai-nan Islands there is great unrest. The anti-foreign agitation and the strained relations between students and the Chamber of Commerce are revealed in extremist propaganda partly directed against the Chamber, while the moderate strikers suggest reopening, if the shops and banks adequately contribute to the cost of the strike. Chinese reports state that General Chang Sueh-liang will shortly declare martial law in the districts adjoining the foreign settlement in Hong Kong. On the recommendation of a leading British banker, the Stock Exchange settlement has been postponed till further notice, because of the heavy withdrawal of funds from the native banks by Chinese going to Canton, resulting in the wholesale withdrawal of the credits necessary for negotiations in the settlement.