SITUATION QUIET.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 15

SITUATION QUIET.

MAIN GATE OF CONCESSION OPEN. (AUSTRALIAN A.YD K.Z. CAB LB ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 7th, 10.40 p.m.) SHANGHAI, January 7. The situation at Hankow is .quiet. The main gate between the Concession and the Chinese City remains open. The Chinese military police are guarding the Concession in conjunction with British naval and marine forces, who have .been landed, and who are on the best terms with the Chinese guard. There is evidence that the more moderate elements in the Nationalist Gov-, ernment deprecate recent incidents. A later message states that ViceAdmiral Tyrwhitt, the new Com-mander-in-Chief of the British-China Squadron, :is reported to be dashing to Hankow in a destroyer, armed with an ultimatum that Britain is unable to tolerate further, anti-British outrages and that unless they cease immediately, ' the Concession . restored, and the.molestation of Nationals ended, force will be used. HANDED BACK. CONCESSION RESUMED. (Sycnei "Suk" Service.) (Received January 7th, 10.4 p.m.) ' ' SHANGHAI, Januiiy 7. ! The' Hankow Concession has been handed back, and the British again control "their 1 bWn police, ./who are operating with the assistance of Cantonese military police. Chuang-Kai-Sliek is: to. issue _ a . proclamation denouncing the action of extremists. CHINESE TROOPS WITHDRAWN. (AUSTRAjLUH • USD S.Z. - CABLE . ASSOCIATION.) . (Received January Bth, 12.50 a.m.) SHANGHAI, January 7. ; Tbo Chinese soldiers, with the .exception of the military'police, have , been . withdrawn,from the British Concession at Hankow. FIVE ARTICLES. | ULTIMATUM TO BRITAIN. (AUSTRALIAN AND K.Z,.,. CABLE. ASSOCIATION.) SHANGHAI, January 6. Representatives of labourers, farmers, merchants, students, , and soldiers met-, and formulated a series of five . articles, which, if approved by v the National Government, will be presented to the British Consul. Article one contains the following eight points': (1) • That .a protest be sent _to the Consul by the Nationalist (2) request the' British Government to pay an indemnity for those' killed and woiyided on January . 3rd; (3) , punish British ' uniformed troops who used force, and hand them over to the Chinese .authorities; (4) abolish all volunteers' and send gunboats'away; (5) rfpologisei to the Sino Government; (6) Chinese in the British Concession must 'be allowed to hold 1 mass meetings, make speeches, and hold processions; (7) volunteers • and armed police must'no longer carry arms -or -wear uniforms; (8) the Sino Government must send civil and armed ■ police to the British Concession, maintain peace and order, and the headquarters of garrison troops to be I established there.' j Article 2—That a big demonstration parade Ik; held in the native city in the . afternoon. . : I

Article 3 —That an' economic boycotting committee should be organised. Article 4—That a L.iycotting-British committee of Wuhan cities should be organised. ' Article o —To telegraph world-wide, declaring the outlawry of the British. The foregoing ultimatum must be complied with,'within "2 hour?. RIFLES FOR CHINA. LONDON. January 6. A Chinese seaman wa<; fined £340, treble the value of the goods, in default three months' imprisonment, at the East Jinm Police Court, for hiding anion? the hot water pipes in the hold of the steamer Glengarry. -18 rifles'and 1700 rounds of ammunition, smuggled from Hamburg, for Shanghai. OFFICIAL ATTITUDE. I'Kei-eiyed January 7th. BMS .p.m.) LONDON,' January 7. The British official attitude regarding Hankow is that a "clash with the unruly Native element Bhould be avoided. The last thing desired is that Bolshevist influence behind the mob use the deaths of any' Chinese at British hands ■33 justification for farther violence.