THE REAL CAUSE
OF CHINESE UNREST.
PERNICIOUS SOVIET INFLUENCE.
RUSSIA MUST BE DEALT WITH.
Captain Patrick, an Australian shipowner, who has Justjaiely returned from the Far East, confirms the Impression to be gathered from recent cable reports, namely, that Soviet propaganda is mainly responsible for present conditions In China. Russian hostility, he considers, Is the factor most threatening to British Interests in the Far East.
(United Press Association.) Received July li, 8.55 a.m. BBISBANE, July 14
Captain Patrick, of the Patrick Steamship Company, has returned from a visit to China, he says the general opinion of Britons and Americans in China is that the conditions will not, be settled till Russia has been dealt with.
The real cause of. the present disturbances is the discontent and bitterness engendered by Soviet propaganda, although a contributory cause is the opium traffic. The Chinese army and navy seemed disorganised and completcly out of control of the Government.
Britain's real danger in the Far East, Captain Patrick said, was not Japan but Russia. Everywhere throughout China could be seen Soviet posters depicting foreigners holding rifles to unarmed Chinese.
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Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16545, 14 July 1925, Page 5
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