intervention sought

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 351, 11 May 1928, Page 1

intervention sought

ENVOY SENT TO AMERICA "CHINA’S RIGHTS TRAMPLED” (Australian Press Association. J Reed. 10.9 a.m. SHANGHAI. Thurs. Mr. Huangfu, Nationalist Minister of Foreign Affairs, interviewed by the Australian Press Association, stated that Dr. Wu has been ordered to proceed from Paris to Washington immediately to request American intervention In Shantung to prevent further trampling of China’s sovereign rights. The landing of Japanese troops on Chinese soil outside the concessions was an unpardonable breach of the Washington Conference terms, which the Chinese were prepared to resist to the utmost, in the event of the failure of friendly nations to mediate. He realised that there were two sides to the question, and there was still time to settle it without further bloodshed.

He further stated that in the event of the Japanese extending their military activities outside the Shanghai settlement, the Nationalists would not be responsible for a possible native reaction. He warned other nationalities of the possibility of anti-Japanese feeling, an d of the Chinese masses turning agrvinst the foreign element, ■n the event of a tardy settlement of the dispute. Already there were indications of temper in Shanghai and other centres l n this direction.

He concluded: “I appeal to all friendly nations to stand by Nationsiist China in the present crisis, *hich was not sought and not Prompted by us.” Chinese reports state that a truce us been reached between the South und North armies.