UNREST IN CHINA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 July 1925, Page 5

UNREST IN CHINA.

INFLAMMATORY POSTERS.

FURTHER TROUBLE BREWING.

cress Association —cUcctric 'iclcgrapU Copyrlgn PEKIN, Saturday.

Canton reports that inflammatory posters arc displayed depicting Indian soldiers killing Chinese, with weeping women and children Watching the massacre. and a 1.0 many official pictures or tne dead, including women and children. The city is quiet, lait more is reason to believe that further trouble is brewing.

It is reported that the commander of the Whampoan cadets has submitted fo the Chinese plans with 'a vu w to the capture ,of the Shameen and Kowlcen 'peninsula simultaneously, ’with the as.s Ist a tICC ' of expo ft Russian -av iators. The .Ghinese- claim that the -Slianieetf could be captured at the-expense of a: •thousand -Chinese lives: :

.""Expert military opinion-declares that the Shanieen defences render the coilcession tenable against all possible at* tacks on the" part of the Chinese with, the forces now at their disposal. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

REGIMENT FOR HONGKONG. (Received Monday. 11.20 a.m.) MALTA, Sunday. It is understood . thjat the aircraft carrier Hermes is going to China next week. It is stated that a regiment will be sent from India to Hongkong, and in this connection it has been arranged, that the- First Borderers shall proceed to Egypt at the coming trooping season instead of two years lienee, in order to relieve the regiment in Egypt, which will replace the regiment going from India to Hongkong.—Reuter. ORDER TO TROOPS. (Received Monday, 11.55 a.m.) PEKING, Sunday. An order has been issued by Ecng-yu-hsiaug to the troops, directing tlieffi to avoid Bolshevik propaganda, and to oppose it to the utmost, pointing out that Talgan is on the borders of Mongolia and Russia, but that there is a vital difference between the habits and customs of the Chinese people and those of these countries, and, moreover, the national spirit differs. He concludes by urging the Chinese to adhere to the teaching and practices of .their own ancient sages.

It is reported that Russian aeroplanes will arrive to-day, and that the Finance Ministry has been requested to provide twenty thousand dollars for the reception of the aviators. The secretariat of the chief executive reported having sent circular telegrams to the provinces, saying that the Government maintained a firm attitude from the beginning in regard to Shanghai, and affirmed that a popular movement based 011 patriotism is to be commended, but that actions of a bad character, such as the destruction, of the homes of the foreigners, are to be avoided, as they would be prejudicial to the progress of the negotiations. The message concludes that henceforth popular agitation must be carried on by peaceful means only.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

SITUATION MORE CRITICAL. (Received Monday, 11.30 a.m.) PEKIN, Sunday. Foreign! telegrams from ISwatow state that the situation is daily becoming more critical. . - The Anglo Japanese situation is more complicated; owing to the city being under two different military commanders, with a force insufficient to cope with possible disorders. Cantonese soldiers forcibly entered the English , Presbyterian Mission at Wukingfu and beat the missionary whom they stripped naked and wounded with knives. They also beat and insulted two lady missionaries.

Missionaries from Wukingfu after remaining in hiding for sevexal hours, went to Swatow, where they arrived exhausted.

The British Consul at Swatow is demanding the punishment of those guilty, an official apology and compensation for loss and damage—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.