SHANGHAI QUIET.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 9

SHANGHAI QUIET.

SHOPS REOPENED,

PROPAGANDA GOES ON. JAPANESE ROBBED AND BEATEN. (BT CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—CSPISIQHT.) (hsutie's telegbams.) (Received Juno 21st, 5.5 p.m.) PEKING, June 20. Delegates representing 48 colleges sent a deputation to interview tho Foreign and War Ministers demanding tho severance of diplomatic relations with Britain. Tho Hankow situation, at least outwardly, is more ciuiot. There are no signs cf a boycott or strike, though numbers of students hare returned homo during tho past week. Shanghai is quiet, but there is no cessation of tho anti-foreign propaganda.

Tho decision to reopen 11)6 banks and siiops is favourably affecting the penera] situation, but merely reflects the necessity of the Chinese ending a phase of the situation which wa3 causing them much greater loss and inconvenience than tho foreigners, The shipping strike, which is a strong anti-foreign weapon, is-not weakening. The strikers are beginning to kidnap Japanese employees, who are- roljbed and beaten, and only reloascd on. the payment' of money, and promises to quit their employment. A wireless messago from Chinki&ng slates thai, the strikers» there resolrod that coal frhouhl uot be eold to British or Japanese. At Swatow, anti-foreign demonstrations continue.

At Foochow an anti-Japanese boycott was decided on, but the date was not fixed.

Strike delegates from Shanghai and elsewhere visited steantara in harbour at Hong Kong with tho object of intimidating the crews, but tho agitators had a cold reception. Tho lndo-China Navigation Company's steamers aro earning on as usual.

CONCORD UNDER ORDERS. (Received Juno 21st, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Juno 21. It is reported thac the British cruiser Concord, now on the Australian station, has been ordered to proceed to China. JAPANESE SHOT DEAD. (MOTWt'S TXLIOaAHS.) (Received June 21st, 11.50 p.m.) PEKING, June 20. A telegram from Canton states that JS'akadai, the Japanese treasurer of the Hukuai Hospital, was shot dead by an. unknown Chines© outside the STrench Gate in Shameen. The Japanese Consul notified the Public' Safety Bureau, and requested that police be posted outside Shameen. Ho also mado a formal protest and reserved the right to claim an indemnity.

The Hiikuai Hospital is a semi-of-ficial institution connected with the Formosa Government and the local authorities claim that the case is nob connected with the present threatened strike against foreigners.

The Japanese Consul advised Japanese nationals living in Canton to come to Shameen.

EARLIER REPORTS. PRECAUTIONS AT HONG-KONG. GOVERNMENT SAID TO ASSIST STRIKE FUNDS. PEKING, Juno 19. 'lt is stated authoritatively that the Ministry of Communications has issued an ordei- to. the telegraph, postal and railway services that each employee shall have one day's pay deducted monthly as a contribution to strike funds. Armed police are guarding institutions at Hong Kong at v which essential services are being carried on, as a precaution against tho intimidation of employees. At Tientsin the situation is quiet. There have been no strikes. The agitators? activities at present aro confined to virulent anti-British propaganda in the local vernacular papers, and the displaying of posters in the native city. All colleges are closed. Tho British Concession is still patrolled by Chinese officer? in conjunction with the Concession police. As tho result of tho consular body's meeting at Hankow with the military Governor, tho latter has given ail assurance of protection, of foreign lives and property with his 3000 troops, following which the force of volunteers and bluejackets will be reduced. Student agitators have returned to Peking, it is reported as the result of a hint from the Governor. Students at lchang are promoting an anti-foreign strike. Kuikiang. Kulang, and Chinkiang aro quiet. At Nanking the position is uncertain. Thero is much suppressed excitement, which necessitates continued precautions. The considerable unrest which prevails jeopardises the position of British, American, and Japanese residents. Reports from Hankow state that the Chinese authorities at Chungking allowed the strikers to get out of hand, and many foreigners took refuge on board gunboats. __ i i_ Foreign telegrams from Hankow, however, speak of the liotg at Chungking on Wednesday as though the acuto trouble had passed, and the absence ol further wireless reports from naval sources at Chungking endorses this view.