LOSS OF FOREIGN LIVES MUST BE AVERTED, SAYS CHEN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18092, 28 February 1927, Page 13

LOSS OF FOREIGN LIVES MUS T BE AVERTED, SAYS CHEN

WARNS POPULACE. TO REPORT INCIDENTS LIKELY TO CAUS E FIGHT. Tpl^graph.-—Pr«ss As 0 n.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable J association. SHANGHAI, |B ebruary 27. Mr Chen, the Natioigrifist Foreign Minister, has issued an *a rdtf:r that only those specially authorise d bv the Nationalist Government c a n make agreement with the Pow« rs respecting Shanghai. He declares that /Lie Nationalist Government will not * ise force to effect changes in the s<Ja; cus of the Concessions, find International Settlements, but he says the pressc.ce of a British army at Shanghai ha .roused national indignation which ha; ; Bound expression in anti-British propa g anda and a general strike. He stresses the ijhi portance of not endangering the liv psr .of Japanese, as Japan has not lam feCl; troops, and he adds: "Loss of foreign lives must be averted. Probably the British force will be ordered no<; to attack the Nationalist forces they are themselves attacked.” He strictly warns the populace against the possil ti lities of accidental firing and the necessity of reporting any unforeseen ii tf r<ient which might lead to an of hostilities. The First Bcdi ard-Hcrtford and the Second Border Fle giments have arriv-