DDETY
CHINA
IP. I. I. I. WALLACE Mr. W.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT "EMBARRASSED" OVER RIOTS
NANKING, MONDAY:
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THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, IT WAS SUGGESTED HERE TODAY, WAS "OBVIOUSLY EMBARRASSED" OVER ANTI-BRITISH RIOTING AND BURNING OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND BRITISH PROPERTY IN CANTON LAST FRIDAY.
THE BRITISH EMBASSY HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A REPLY EITHER TO A VERBAL PROTEST FROM SIR RALPH STEVENSON, BRITISH AMBASSADOR, TO THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG SHIH CHIEH, NOR TO
SIR RALPH'S STATEMENT ON BRITAIN'S RIGHT TO CLAIM FULL COMPENSA- TION FOR DAMAGE.
REPORTS FROM HANKOW SAID THAT DURING SUNDAY'S SYMPATHY DEMONSTRATION THERE, STUDENTS DEMANDED RETURN OF HONG KONG, AND CALLED FOR "USEOF ARMS" IF NECESSARY. THIS SAME DEMAND
HAS APPEARED FREQUENTLY IN THE HANKOW PRESS DURING THE PAST MONTH.
SIGNAL FOR THE CANTON RIOTING WAS EVICTION BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES OF CHINESE LIVING IN CONDEMNED HUTS IN KOWLOON,BRITISH LEASED CITY ON THE MAINLAND OPPOSITE HONGKONG ISLAND, AND SUBSEQUENT SENTENCES IMPOSED ON TWO CHINESE CHARGED WITH RESISTANCE. REUTER END : 1650
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