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THE BRITISH POLICY

WILL NEGOTIATE TO ANY REASONABLE EXTENT.

but will not surrender t»» VIOLENCE.

(Received Jan. 13, 7.50 i/.m.) LONDON, Jar.. 17. The outcome of a prolonged Cabinet discussion oi tlie situation may be summed up in the preparedness of the Government to negotiate vvitii the Chinese to any reasonable extent. and on a liberal basis, but the Government is not prepared to suirender to violence. A detailed statement of the position will be issued to-morrow. The Daily Express diplomatic correspondent says: —“In other woitb. the Government is not going to cumo down, and a further firm stand will he made against the extienlists. It is contended that Shanghai must bo protected at all costs. Ihe projected naval movements were approved, and a naval demonstration in force in Chinese waters is under eo-nsiaer-a tio n. 7 ’—A. N.ZAN A.

SITUATION VERY GRAVE. NO EVENTUALITY CAN BE RULED OUT. (Received Jan. 18, 7.50 p.mf) LONDON, Jan. E. The Dailv Herald’s diplomatic correspondent' refers to the situation as << Ve rv "rave, and no eventuality can he rilled out.” Even the possibility of attempting the recapture of the Hankow concessions by force of arms is not entirely excluded. —A. and N.Z.C.A. AGITATION AT FOOCHOW. NUNNERY ATTACKED AND PRIESTS IN FLIGHT. FOREIGN PROPERTY LOOTED. SHANGHAI, Jan. 17 Messages from Foochow indicate that, an agitation similar to that in the Boxer rebellion has been worked up there. The old story of foreigners killing Chinese babies has been revived A rumor was circulated that Spanish nuns murdered Chinese children, and about 20 bodies of babies were produced, which, it is alleged, were brought cut of the nunnery in a decomposed condition. The result was that the premises were attacked and priests and nuns had to flee in disguise, after ■which other foreign poperty was looted. The evacuation of Szechuan is proceeding systematically. Britishers are leaving Chengtu in batches of 30 at a time. A mob at Hankow tore down the barricades around the Japanese concession.—A.N.Z.Cl.A.

CABINET SITS FOR TWO AND AHALF HOURS. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT’S ADVICE. IMPRESS CHEN WITH BRITISH . NAVY. (Received Jan. 18, * 9.20 p.'xn.■) LONDON, Jan. 18. Ministers sat two and a-balf hours •discussing China. T High O “ lC Vr s ° the Foreign and -War Offices, the Admiralty and Sir A. Trenchard, of the Air Service, were in attendance. Reports from Messrs Lampson and were considered.

The Daily Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent says: “Evidently no suitable basis of negotiations has been hitherto discovered. The truth is that Chen’s assurances concerning China’s ability to protect foreign life and property have been proved the merest illusions, and the use of negotiating with so unreliable a person is highly dubious. The correspondent hints that the factor most likely to impress Chen is vigorous action by the British Navy, finally, it is suggested that the question for Cabinet to-day is that of increasing Britain’s defence force or throwing the entire responsibility of protecting the concessions upon the Chinese." —A. and N.Z.Cf.A.

FRENCH “WAIT AN]) SEE" POLICY. GOVERNMENT’S INACTIVITY CRITICISED. (Received Jan. 18, 9.50 p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 17. “Pertinax," in the Echo de Paris, criticises the Government’s inactivity in regard to China. He says it is not desirable to wait till the last minute to choose a well-defined policy, leaving the British to assume .the odium of work which will profit all.— A.N.Z.C. A.

CHINESE BELGIAN TREATY. (Received Jan. 17, 7.50 p.m.) BRUSSELS, Jan. 17. Advices from Peking state that the Belgian' Minister addressed a Note to the Chinese Foreign Office regarding the conclusion of the new Chino-Bel-gian treaty, and the suspension of the proceedings instituted by Belgium before the Court of International Justice with reference to China s denunciation of the treaty of J It appears that Mr Wellington Koo, Foreign Minister at Peking, recently proposed to Belgium the renewal of the negotiations for the conclusion o. a commercial treaty to replace the treaty of 1865 and the Belgian Minister in Peking was instructed to reph- favorably thereto. Belgium meanwhile reserves the right to take the case before the Hague Court if negotiations fail. —A.N .Z.C.A. RESTLESS SHANGHAI. ANOTHER TRAMWAY STHTvE. (Received Jan. 19, 1--5 a.m.) PEKING, lan. 18. Despite the settlement of the tramway strike in Shanghai last week, tne strike has again broken out, comp.etelv disrupting the service xie strikers are comparatively i cli behaved. Only three iranr ivs were attacked and ‘broken up to-day, necessitating the dispersal of crowns bj police. —Sun. SHANGHAI CUSTOMS.

ADDITIONAL TAXES ON FOREIGNERS.

SHANGHAI, Januarv 17. A proclamation by the Chinese Commissioner of Customs declares that all foreign goods entering .AianMiai from January 20 shall pay a o per cent, duty provided by the treaty and an additional 2) per cent The total consequently will be < * P er cent. . x , , The proclamation points out aiat surtaxes have been collected m other provinces for some time past. A. and X.Z.C.A.

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 5

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808

THE BRITISH POLICY Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 5

THE BRITISH POLICY Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 5

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