CHINESE TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1927, Page 3

CHINESE TROUBLE.

JAPS TN NORTH CHINA. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) TOKfO, June 13. Advices from Dairen, Manchuria state a conference of delegates at the state a conference of delegates of the Japanese communities throughout Manchuria resolved to ask the Japanese Government to take action to prevent the Chinese civil war extending north of tiie Groat Wall. The conference also demanded that Tokio should secure for the Japanese equal rights uitli the Chinese to settle anywhere in Manchuria. or in Mongolia, and to engage in rail-roading, agriculture, mining and lumbering. It was further resolved to urge the creation of a Ministry for the Colonies to carry out the above and other positive policies in China.

BRITISH POLICY OPPOSED. NEW YORK, June 11. The police were called to quell a demonstration in front of the British Consulate, where a crowd of 330 men and women gathered to protest against the British policy concerning China.

HANKOW S.O.S. SHANGHAI. June 10. Twelve doctors and nurses headed by Doctor Crawford, from West Chinn, arc leaving for Hankow to alleviate the horrible conditions prevailing there since swarms of Southern wounded returned from the front.

Daily reports from Hankow emphasise the pitiful plight of the wounded, the inadequacy of the hospital arrangements and the danger of plague spreading unless immediately checked. Strangely the 'Chinese authorities did not hesitate to appeal for foreign assistance, medical and financial, and

the latter, despite the well-known wealth of the Hankow Government. The appeal for financial assistance caused a strong protest among the foreigners on account of the huge personal losses of the Hankow and Nanking victims, which have not been compensated, but medical aid is not grudged.