CHINESE TURMOIL

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1925, Page 3

CHINESE TURMOIL

[ Reuter Telegrams. ) ST ['DENTS’ DEMANDS. (Received tins day at 10.20 a.m.) PEKIN, June 8. A meeting at Shanghai of various Chinese commercial and student unions passed resolutions which were handed to the Chinese delegates, including four demands which the strikers consider essential preliminaries to official negotiations: Firstly, cancellation of state emergency; secondly, the withdrawal of marines; thirdly, the release of arrested rioters; fourthly, the restoration of closed schools.

The resolutions reveal wide aspirations, including the early cancellation of extra tcrritnralily, the Anglo-Min-isters meanwhile to apologise to the Government and guarantee no further similar action.

A student demonstration at Foochow proved a fiasco owing to the tupans preeautionary measures.

(Received this dav at 10.‘Jo a.m.) PEKIN, June 8,

Four gunboats appeared around llminm. Island opposite Canton and opened lire directly on the Ruud with full lone. Yuniiancse answered with heavy lire from the shore. The gunboats passed Dutch Follies Island and (lieu turned and came hack pouring heavy lire from machine guns and small cannon into llonain. It wa> impossible to estimate the damage now, as the troops have complete possession of Ruud. Ilouam »a< in complete darkness last night. Yliliiiauese probably severed all connections crossing the river. Rille lire from both sides of the river continued almost incessantly for forty hours.