CHINESE RIOTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17573, 25 June 1925, Page 8

CHINESE RIOTS.

WARNING ISSUED. BIG NTTACK .'EARED. Ey Tele*raoh-Pr»« Association-Copyright Reuter s Telegrams. ’Received June 25, 2 p.m.) PEKIN, June 24. Reports from Canton state that firing yesterday Avas opened by the students of Whampoa College, known as the ‘‘ Red School.” They arc under Russian officers and arc armed with rifles and machine guns. Spectators heard an officer give an order, whereupon riling broke out., directed upon the town. The French gunboat Altair, lying in the harbour, cleared for action, whereupon the demonstration, which the iiring party led, broke up. Besides- the Frenchman, Pasquier, killed, Mr Edwards. Commissioner ot hincse Customs in Canton, Mr Y. Murrell. and Mrs Lammert were wounded. .Britishers employed on the Chinese section of the ( anton-Kowloon railway have been privately warned by Chinese friends to leave immediately, as the ( hitiese arc determined to Kill one foreigner for every Chinese who loses his life. Reports from other centres state that preparations for big anti-foreign demonstrations are in train for to-morrow. The Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai resolved to reopen shops and banks to-morrow. The outcome is regard< d as doubtful in the present state of feeling. The Governor of Hong Kong, who postponed his departure for London owing to the troubles, in a speech to the Legislative Council, strongly condemned the intimidatory actions of strikers and appealed to them to submit their grievances to adjudication and asked all well disposed people to assist the Government in maintaining order, promising the fullest protection. All law-breaking attempts at disorder would be ruthlessly suppressed.