CHINESE INDIGNATION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 241, 12 October 1931, Page 7

CHINESE INDIGNATION

MANCHURIAN AFFAIR ANTI-JAPANESE DISORDERS CONTINUANCE AT SHANGHAI [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Oct. 11, 6.10 p.m. SHANGHAI, Oct. 10. The city generally is quiet, but this morning eight arrests were made in anti-Japanese disorders in the eastern district settlement where 200 workers, students shouting anti-Japanese slogans were dispersed by the police, whom the crowd stoned. The demonstrators reformed and with others listened to speeches by bob-haired girl students till a squad was called out and dispersed the mob, which again gathered, attacked two shops and littered the streets with alleged Japanese goods. LEAGUE COUNCIL TO MEET POSITION UNSATISFACTORY. [British Official Wireless]. RUGBY, Oct. 9. Lord Reading will leave London on Monday for Geneva. At the League Council meeting on October 1 the president read a statement emphasising the importance of the withdrawal of Japanese troops in Manchuria to the railway zone, while at the same time recognising that a certain time must be allowed for such withdrawal. He therefore submitted a resolution taking a note of the declarations hitherto made by both parties, exhorting them to do all in their power to restore normal relations and to furnish the Council at frequent intervals with full information and proposing that the Council should meet again next week, unless the situation rendered a meeting unnecessary. The resolution was accepted by the Japanese and Chinese delegates and unanimously adopted. In the House of Commons on Monday it was stated that the attitude of the British Government was in complete accord with the League Council. A Geneva message states that Senor Lerroux (chairman of the Council) has sent a telegram to the Chinese and Japanese Governments saying that he understands that measures are being taken in Manchuria and elsewhere which cannot but embitter the feelings and will render a settlement more difficult. He has therefore taken it upon himself before the Council meets to express the hope that both sides will execute fully the terms set out in the League Council’s resolution. LEAGUE’S GRAVE VIEW. LONDON, Oct. 9. The League authorities at Geneva view with gravity the news from Manchuria. The Chinese representative has asked for the League Council to be summoned forthwith. Senor Lerroux has accordingly convoked it for mjd-day on October 13, instead of October 14.