CHINESE TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1927, Page 2

CHINESE TROUBLE.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. REDS IN CHINA LONDON, Oct. 5. The British Government does not at present intend to change its policy owing to the changed situation in. China. It is felt in official circles that the policv of-patience has been a success, and remains the only policy capable of producing concrete, results. For example, the British Government is satisfied that the Reds have been exterminated, at least momentarily, and that the policy of taking military protective measures purely on defensive lines has rebounded to Britain’s credit, and also that the anti-foreign feeling in China is no longer aimed specially at Britain. The Government will not attempt to restore British Nationals at Hankow, hut it is believed that nothing would he gained thereby. It is considered preferable to allow the Chinese to establish their own control.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 5.

Advices from Pekin declare that the capital is panic stricken, as the result of reverses suffered by the Fengtien forces at the bands of Shansi Army, under Yen Shi Shan, who recently declared for the Nationalists The enemy is advancing without resistance and there is little actual fighting yet. The Northerners were taken by surprise hv Shansi’s action and propose to make a stand at Hauli, on the Pe-kin-Hankow railway, 120 miles from Pekin.

The Shinsi developments are responsible for the halting on Sun Chuaug Fang’s programme in the Lower Yangtze region. Sun is now concentrating on the task of holding back the Nankingites from advancing to join in the attack.