TROUBLE IN CHINA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 June 1925, Page 5

TROUBLE IN CHINA.

THE SHANGHAI STRIKE. SEAMEN TO COME OUT. ■ rtss Association -Electric Telegrapn—Copyrlyn. (Received Monday, 9.15 a.m.) P i'j i\ I , muiuay. The Chinese Seamen s L luon propose to strike on .June Jotii on tne steamers of ,the lndo-China Navigation Company in connection with the Shanghai troubles. Cabinet has instructed the provincial authorities to protect foreigners.—Aus and N.Z. Cubic Assn. FURTHER RIOTING. PEKIN, Sunday. A wireless message from Kiukiang states that riots occurred in various parts of the foreign concession. ■ Students, reinforced by workmen -ami disorderly elements numbering thousands, rushed the British Concession. The Municipal Council warned the Chinese authorities' who undertook to restore order, but for two hours rioting proeeded and no steps were taken to suppress the rioters, who attacked the British and Japanese Consulates, the Bank of Taiwan and Nippon Kisen Kui-sha ollioes, all of which were set on fire.

They also broke into the houses of several foreigners, destroyed furniture and looted property. Then Chinese troops arrived and suppressed the trouble. A Japanese destroyer landed a party of bluejackets. The British gunboat Gnat has arrived from Hankow. The only casualty among the foreigners was one Japanese seriously injured. —Reuter. CAMPAIGN AGAINST BRITAIN. (Received Monday, 9.40 a.m.) „ PEKIN, Sunday. A noticeable feature of the trouble in Shanghai and elsewhere is the tendency of students and the Government to detach Britain from the other Powers and make her responsible. -A sample of this is the Note-handed to the British Embassy protesting against British volunteers allegedly using machine guns against Chinese in Hankow', stating that eight were killed and eleven wounded. The Noto claims, that such action vio' lated the principles of humanity. The Foreign Office, theiefore, formally protested ,and requested the Charge d’Affaires to instruct the consular authorities to refrain from similar acts.

The Note reserves the right to make .further demands when the case is more fully investigated.

Foreigners generally regard the Note ns a sign of the Government yielding to the clamour of Bolshevist and other extremists, who are pressing tho demand that China deal with Britain al-

The students’ demands now include ■the recall of the Anglo-Japanese Ministers from Pekin, and Consuls from Shanghai, punishment of tho foreign chief of police, and the permanent withdrawal of Anglo-Japaneso guu-j boats from Shanghai. —lieu ter. PANDERING TO STRIKERS. (Received Monday, 11.55 a.m.) PEKIN, Sunday. Ther is an increasing feeling of 'serious concern among responsible foreigners that the Chinese Government is pandering to the strikers. The reason for this is believed to be mainly a matter of home politics, the Government fearing publie opinion will veer to the Opposition. Meanwhile the strikers’ attitude increasingly indicates the belief that the Government is with .them. Their anti-foreign propaganda is more pronounced. The situation in the interior generally is getting worse. —Reuter. CHURCH BURNED DOWN, (Received Monday, 11.5 a.m.) PEKIN, Sunday. According to Chinese unofficial reports, the Catholic Church at Kaifeng was. burned down yesterday and one Italian priest killed. It is persistently reported that the Foreign Minister has gone into hiding, fearing that, the students will persist in their extreme demands whereto lie cannot agree. —Reuter.