POSITION IN CHINA

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 25 June 1928, Page 6

POSITION IN CHINA

STATEMENT BY SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN. (Per Press Association—Copyright) RUGBY. June 22. The recent military and political developments in China were the subject of a statement by Sir Austen Chamberlain in reply to a question in the House of Commons. He said that Pekin was taken over by Shansi troops on June 8, Genera!

Yen’s Chief-of-Staff giving the foreign representatives the fullest assurance as to the maintenance of law and order. The position at Pekin remained uncertain, as large numbers of Marshal Feng Yu-siang’s trcops were quartered immediately to the south of the city, while on June 12 General Pai Chungsi, a member of the Kwangai group, now controlling Hankow, an ived at the capital. The latest reports indicate that Marshal Feng’s troops are removing from the suburbs of Pekin, and are taking up a position some thirty miles or so further south, but his intentions remain obscure.

Tien-tsin was taken over by the Shansi General on June 12. There was some looting in the Chinese city on the part of the out-going Northern troops, but order was speedily destored. Railway communication from Pekin was interrupted for somo days, but has now been reopened. Dr. Nang assumed office as Minister for Foreign Affairs at Nankin on June 14. Early in June Chiang Kai-shek resigned his gosts of Commander-in-Chiei of the army and chairman of the Military Council, but latest reports indicate that he may withdraw his resignation. The Chinese Charge d’Affaires in London has announced that under instructions from Nankin he will continue to represent China in this country.