CANTON SYMPATHY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18415, 23 June 1925, Page 9

CANTON SYMPATHY.

STRIKE SPREADING AT

HONG KONG.

Cbbvtee's telegrams.)

PEKING, Juno 21

The Gorernmeait at Hong Kong has given notification that it is determined to take severe measures against persons endeavouring to disturb the peace and goodwill of the colony, and is offering rewards for information leading t-i the arrest and conviction of offenders. Tho general striko at Hong Kong is spreading. The motormen and conductors on tho electric tramway service- have struck and tho service is temporarily suspended. Chincso house-servants in European employ at Kowloon have also struck. It is expected that the movement will be general throughout tho colony. British and other foreign women and children have arrived at Hong Kong from Shamecn, which they were advised to leave.

Armed pickets and police aro patrolling business quarters as a precautionary measurq.

Th© Consul-General at Canton outlined an interview which ho had with the Chinese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Tho latter maintained that tho Hong Kong and Canton strike was part of a spontaneous patriotic outbreak in sympathy with affair. Tho Canton Government was not responsible for tho strike, hut could not go against tho expressed will of tho people and call off tho striko. He gave an assurance that thero would be no destruction of tho lives or property of foreigners.

EMERGENCY ORDERS.

CENSORSHIP AT HONG KONG.

(hEDTEr's TELEOHAM3.) (Received June 23rd, 1.5 a.m.) PEKING, June 22. A telegram from Hong Kong says tho Government has 'lssued a proclamation containing emergency regulations, providing for the censorship of telegrams and letters, and polico control of premises, vehicles, fuel and foodstuffs.

Tho following arc exportable under license only:—Kice, flour, foodstuffs, gold, silver, coin, bank notes. Chinese compositors and coolies at the "Daily Bulletin" office have struck. The compositors and other European printers threaten to walk out in the evening. A Canton community kitchen has been established, Europeans doing tho cooking. Tho Marines operating the -waterworks arc unarmed.

Volunteers are patrolling Shameen,

Tho 'Kwangtung Students' Association issued a statement urging a boycott and strike, and adding: You must join the soldiers and go out and fight the foreigners.

TWO YELLOW PERILS.

INDUSTRIAL—MILITARY.

LONDON PAPER'S VIEW.

(•Sxdsex "Sra" Service.)

LONDON, June 21

Tho "Sunday Pictorial," in an article explaining the Chinese aspirations from the viewpoint of the present disturbances, says:—

"Two Yellow Perils are ahead of white civilisation. Tho first is industrial, and includes Japan, which is already underselling Europeans in the Eastern markets. When China takes to industrialism in earnest, she will under live and undersell to an extent even greater than Japan. "Secondly, the day is coming when China, possessed of great .fleets and millions .of armed troops, will become a first-rank Power in the Pacific. The question will then assume a different aspect, with a possible alliance between Japan and China. Although Chinese hordes may not march on Europe, an aerial invasion is possible, and it is certain that Chinese naval squadrons some day be seen in European waters. "It is also tolerably certain that a united strong China will some day seize the empty and prolific Northern Territory of Australia. Japan is at present the Australians' bogy. They are looking in the wrong direction. The Japanese belong to the temperate zone, and could n6t thrive in the Northern Territory. The Chinese could thrive equally in the Northern Territory and the North Pole. "Europe's prestige suffered terribly as a result of the war. Orientals were amazed at the four and a half years' gigantic , devastation', and senseless mutual destruction.

"Nowadays even the nerveless Peking Government sends impertinent messages to European legations, because tho Chine_se know that Europe is prostrate and unwilling to engage in hostilities anywhere."