SQUARE MILE OF CHINA SEIZED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2910, 24 October 1916, Page 5

SQUARE MILE OF CHINA SEIZED

ACTION BY THE FRENCH _ (Eeuter's Teleeram,) -. Peft'n, Ootobar 22. A: square mile of territory adjoining the Frenoh Concession iu - Tientsin has been seized by the Fronca Consul, with the assistance of troops. The Chinese Joliee were arrested,* and Frenchmen substituted. ' iinstralian-Sew Zealand Cablo Association, New York, Ootober 22.. Peking reports that China protested !at the seizure of ground adjoining the Frenoh Concession. The French Lega- . tion_ replied that it assumed all responsibility. The occupied cllstriot is thiok- ' ly populated.. The Chinese Press bitterly assails the French action. ■ i MR. MASSEY IN LONDON NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS AT. HORNCHUBCH. C&nstralian-New Zealand Cabla Association. (Rec Ootober 23,'5.40 p.m.) London, October 22.. . Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward and "their party, accompanied l>y Sir Thos. Mackenzie and Sir James Carroll, and also . by General '.Richardson, visited the convalescents at Horn-, church Camp, and inspected the provision for the men's comfort. Afterwards the troops paraded, and Mr. M&3sey addressed them. He said the Government was determined that there should be no cheeseparing where the comfort of those who had dono their duty by tie Empire was concerned. He had already authorised expenditure to effect improvements and afford greater tomfoit during the wii.ter. Ho assured them that the Government realised its duty towards the dependants of those falling in battle or permanently disabled. He complimented them on their brilliant work iu the Somme battle, and said New Zealand would never forget their gallant 'try. It had been a matter of reproach in the past that those who fought for the Empire had been treated so ungenerously after the war. He added: "That reproach must never recur. It will bo New Zealand's duty to see that our soldiers have no complaints after the war." He believed that the Dominion's pension proposals were the most liberalln the world. ■ They had been able up to now to maintain the Strength of the Expeditionary Force, without compulsion, and it would bo a matter for the deepest satisfaction if the future historian could record the . fact that we had maintained the principle of voluntaryism throughout this great struggle. He waif sure that New Zealanders did not want' forced men to fight side by sido with volunteers. . '

Sir Joseph Ward re-echoed Mr. MasSoy's sentiments, nnd congratulated the ""New Zealanders that,they bad done ■ snoh good work. They had made the people of the Dominion justly proud of them. Ho paid a tribute to the Maoris, who_ had done equally as well as their white comrades, and gained •ungrudging admiration for their splendid ■ gallantry. New Zealand would Bee to it that those who had fought in these Empire battles would not be neglected on their return to their-home-land-