CHINESE CRISIS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 16 February 1927, Page 5

CHINESE CRISIS

SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. (Received this day, 9.10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Feb. 5. Negotiations for the settlement of the Sino-British dispute have again broken down. At the eleventh hour, .after what had been believed to be the . final conference, the agreement remained unsigned. The Nationalist Foreign -Office stated it had nothing to say,.but that it does not mean that there will be trouble. A statement has not yet been issued by Mr O’Malley, the British representative. The Associate, t Press telegraphed that upon be... 3 asked whether negotiations were bi -on, as reported, .General Chen categ Acally denied this rumour. He declared that he had hide an important -statement to Mr O’Malley indicating that the Nationalist Government considered modifications in the original plan of concentration of British forces in Shanghai, as announced by Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons on the 10th, made it possible for negotiations to be completed regarding the ■ concession question. Despite the foicgoing it is firmly believed that a seri- - -ous hitch has occurred, which is likely to prevent the signing of an agreement.