CHINESE RIOTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 June 1925, Page 5

CHINESE RIOTS.

DISCUSSION IN COMMON.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

a “- Aaswiauou—Electric no.N'hpiV, i>j.ouuay. , In the House or Commons, replying to a suggestion tnat me. trouoie ac n.uigiiai wan tiue to low wages and tno •employment or children, . Air.‘A? m) oamuel, lor tne Foreign Office, effiphuImseit tnat the Go vernment, had done aii it could to improve tne conditions of labour wimin me ? international settlement) but'had iid : ' control outside. The mob at Shanghai was very large and of murderous intent. Had they succeeded in seizing tne arms at the police station there undoubtedly would have been more bloodshed. The British policy in connection with China was adopted in concert with the other Powers interested, and no points of difference had arisen.

Casualties at Shanghai numbered 21 Chinese killed and 65 wounded. One American had been wounded. The British Consul at Hankow had reported- that the firing there was inevitable. Had the Chinese authorities eo-operated with the defence force a deplorable loss of life would have been avoided. —Reuter.

SHANGHAI OUTRAGE.

BRITISH VICTIMS.

(Received Wednesday, 9 a.m.) PEKIN,' Tuesday.

The growing calm at Shanghai tragically set .-back by the murder and wounding of BrPish subjects. William Mackenzie, of the municipal electricity department,. 4took a Miss Duncan for a drive in a motor ear, and outside the settlement limits seven Chinese dressed as* coolies stopped the car. .

Mackenzie got out and asked what the Chinese wanted, when the latter turned on flashlights-stud fired their revolvers, missing Mackenzie,, who rushed back and started the car under a fusillade. , • ■

' Mackenzie was hit and fell dying, but Miss Duncan, though wounded in both arms, drove off, endeavouring to hold up her . dying companion. • • A

• She proceeded a thousand yards, when she mistakenly entered a new road which was being constructed; and ran straight into a six foot ditch. Miss Dunyrin screamed, but failed to attract, intention. She then left the derelict.' to a house and com’municatjd .>yyith • the police. "Miss Duncan’s wounds are.-not serious, but Mackenzie died in a few seconds. —Reuter.

STRIKE AT SWATOW. (Received' Wednesday, 11,30. a.m.) - : V i,--.; .»v:= POKING, Tuesday.' The-(British-, Consul at Swatow - has telegraphed that a .*g£hffi%l' ; strike has begun, and that naval-protection. is : required.' Consequently th'e warship Bluebell has proceeded to Swatow. The warship Hawkius has arrived at Nanking, and has landed marines to protect the cold storage.

Kuling is, undisturbed N and Kuikiang is‘quiet. The destroyer Stewart lauded American marines to co-operate in the de-< fence of the concession!

Unrest is reported from Foochow and '-Amoy. Japanese reports from Mukden state that precautionary measures are keeping down anti-foreignism. Schools controlled by Europeans and Japanese re-

main shut. The Chinese schools are eairying on under the supervision of selected Chinese police from Hankow. The Governor Nupeh has ordered the arrest of a Communist leader and four student leaders from Peking. The chief executive called an urgent meeting of councillors, at which it was decided to prohibit students meeting in. the capital. Four regiments of Feng-yu-Hsiang’s troops headed yesterday’s demonstration, in which students, boy scouts, labourers and uniformed policemen participated.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

JAPANESE DESTROYERS. (Received Wednesday, 11.35 a.m.) TOKIO, Tuesday. Four destroyers have departed from Sasebo to Shanghai.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

JAPANESE ATTITUDE.

('Received Wednesday, 11.35 a.m.) PEKING, Tuesday. Comments by Japanese officials and the press have revealed an inclination, to throw the blame for the disturbances on British officers employed at the Shanghai municipality. However, the killing of Japanese and the destruction of Japanese property showed that the shooting at Shanghai and other phases of the situation did not side-track the Chinese agitators from the original plan of demonstrations against the Japanese, and lately Japanese'officials and the press are showing a more generous attitude.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

BARRICADES STRENGTHENED.

('Received Wednesday, 11.35 a.m.)

PEKING, Tuesday.

The British Consul-General has vigorously protested in connection -with the murder of Mackenzzie.

In view of the rumours of jmssible anti-foreign riots, the barricades aud wire entanglements round the Legations have been strengthened, following the 'Shanghai riots.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.