CONDITIONS IN CHINA.

Wairarapa Age, 12 August 1930, Page 3

CONDITIONS IN CHINA.

UNCERTAIN AND UNSETTLED. RED THREAT. RUGBY, August 10. Extremely uncertain and unsettled conditions persist in ia large part of China, and unofficial messages report a further advance towards Hankow of the Communist bandit forces which recently sacked Changsha. Foreign Powers with interests in that Yangtse port have taken full precautions to deal with any emergency that may develop. Britain, Japan, the United States, and France have all war vessels in the river and are in close and satisfactory contact in readiness for whatever action the situation may require. Although the British .concession at Hankow was given up four years ago, there are still large British trade interests, in the city, which, is about the size of Liverpool. Japanese and American interests are also considerable.—(British Official Wireless.) NORTHERN DRIVE. SUCCESSFUL FOUR-DAY BATTLE. SHANGHAI, August 10. The Northern drive lagainst Nanking was su'ccessful in a four-day battle, according to< an official Northern communique. Despite very heavy rains the Northerners occupied Kweiteh, the suburbs of Lunghai, and the railway, disarming a Nanking brigade and inflicting fifteen hundred casualties.