CALL TO WAR.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18424, 3 July 1925, Page 9

CALL TO WAR.

CHINESE COMMANDER'S SPEECH. "IN DEATH THERE WILL BE GLORY." (fit CABLS—PRT.SS ASSOCIATION—COrTSIGHT.) (heutek's teleorams.) PEKING, July 1. The Japanese newspaper "Standard'' publishes a translation of a speech by Fong-yu-lisiang, described as the '•'Christian General," in which he said:

"To the list of the Shanghai and llangkow tragedies is now added tho iShameen massacre. Tlii A exhausts our patience. "Whatever tho attitude of tho others, I want war, 1 am Com-mander-in-Chief of tho people's army, and my troops, who are sworn to dip for their country, cannot ignore it. 4 '"We arc forced to tho wall and have no choice. We must fight out tho issue along roads of blood. Otherwise there will bo no chance for China or humanitv.

''This is why my army i.s prepared to fight so that justice and humanity may prevail in this world. I pray that war may come early, so that I may dio for the salvation of China. It is far better to die than to live as the slaves of our enemy. Let us prepare for tho coming struggle, and make tho first move, and tho rest will follow. In death there will ho glory for our army of two hundred thousand. "God had a special purpose for us when ho ordained that wo should live at this time, instead of 50 years ago or 40 year s later. He wants ns to fight tho forces of evil if we want justice."

TREATY REVISION. j NOT POSSIBLE TILL ORDER RESTORED. (Received July 2nd, 7.'20 p.m.) LONDON, July 1. In tho House of Commons, replying to si Labour suggestion that Britain should convoke a conference of the Chinese Treaty Powers, including China, to discuss the whole question of the revision of tho extraterritorial treaties, Mr Chamberlain made it clear that the Government was not only tillable to consider such questions until China had established a Government capable of restoring law and order and respect for the treaties, but that even a tariff conference under the Washington decisions could not be lickl under circumstances in wlu'ch it might bo exposed to an anti-foreign demonstration.