CRISIS IN CHINA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 227, 19 June 1919, Page 5

CRISIS IN CHINA

BANKRUPTCY AND INTERNAL COLLAPSE By Telegraph-Press Association-CopyrlsM London, June 10. The "Times" correspondent at Peking says thiit the Chinese Government lms been reduced to extreme financial straits. The northern army is composed largely of professional brigauds, who insistently demand money under threat of mutiny. Supplies from Japan have ceased. Frantic; schemes .tie nfoot for "raising Iho wind," including an internal loan and a, high land tax. Meanwhile the Shantung commotion intensifies the boycott of the Japanese, which is extending. The. whole outlook in China is exceedingly complex, and cannot be solved internally. The* alternative to a general collapse failing Mined intervention is collective and preventive action by the foreign Powers.—Aiw.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE CHINO JAPANESE CRISIS JAPANESE MINISTER RESIGNS. Uiec. June 10, 1.30 aim.) New York, June 13. Viscount Isliii has left Washington for Tokio avowedly for a. consultation with tho Japanese Goverumbiit, but the fact is that he has tendered his resignation as Ambassador because of the disagreements with the officials at Washington over the Japanese-Chinese relations. The Japanese Government has not yet acceptted his resignation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE WARSHIPS SENT TO SHANGHAI. (Eeo. June 19, 1.30 ajn.) London, June 17. Dispatches from Tokio eay that the anti-Japanese agitation is spreading in Shanghai, Canton, Hangkowj and Nanking. Japanese warships have been hurried to Shanghai.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.