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CHINA
FTERMATH ROUND UP 1 (WITH NEW MATERIAL) CHINESE TO INVESTIGATE CANTON RIOTING
A CHINESE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR OFFICIAL WILL LEAVE SHANGHAI TOMORROW FOR CANTON TO INVESTIGATE LAST FRIDAY'S ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA CAPITAL, WHERE THE BRITISH CONSULATE- GENERAL VAS BURNED, A REUTER SHANGHAI DESPATCH SAID TONIGHT.
SIGNAL FOR THE RIOTING WAS THE EVICTION BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES OF CHINESE LIVING IN CONDEMNED HUTS IN KOWLOON, BRITISH- LEASED CITY ON THE MAINLAND OPPOSITE HONGKONG ISLAND, AND SUBSEQUENT PRISON SENTENCES IMPOSED ON TWO CHINESE CHARGED WITH RESISTANCE.
THE CHINESE INVESTIGATOR, PA HAN-KWEI, POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR, IS TO LOOK INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RIOTING, THE CONDITION AND PERSONAL SAFETY OF BRITISH CONSULAR PERSONNEL, AND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO BRITISH PROPERTY.
HE WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT LOCAL POLICE ARE TAKING "EFFECTIVE STEPS" TO PROTECT FOREIGN HATIONS, FOLLOWING THE AIR EVACUATION TO HONG KONG YESTERDAY OF ALL BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVING I CANTON.
ONLY ONE CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP AND TWO CARGO VESSELS ARE NOW RUIMING ON THE PEARL RIVER BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON. SHIPS RUN BY THE BRITISH FIRM OF BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE HAVE HAD THEIR SAILINGS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS, A REUTER HONGKONG MESSAGE SAID.
HONG KONG AIRWAYS, HOWEVER, ARE STILL FLYING A DAILY SERVICE TO CANTON, CONTRARY TO THEIR FIRST PLAIS. REUTER MF
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CHINA
AFTERMATH ROUND UP 2 CUIDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL)
IN HONG KONG ITSELF THERE WAS SOME ACITATION FOR A GENERAL STRIKE TODAY, BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE MAKING HUCH HEADQAY. THE ONLY DISTURBING FEATURE IN THE ISLAND WAS A SHARP RISE I FOOD PRICES SINCE THE CANTON RIOTING; IT WAS FEARED THIS WOULD CAUSE UNREST IF PROLONGED.
THE OLD WALLED CITY OF KOWLOOM, LAST WEEK'S EVICTION OF THE CHINESE "SQUATTERS" LED TO ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND MAKING AS WELL AS CANTO, TODAY BECAME A SIGHTSEEING SPOT FOR THOUSANDS OF CHINESE. FOOD HAWKERS MADE MINOR FORTUNES.
THE "SQUATTERS" WHO STILL REHAIN HAVE BUILT SMALL
SHELTERS JUST BIG ENOUGH TO CRAWL INTO AT NIGHT-TIME AND TODAY- DAY SET UP TWO ARMY BELL-TENTS TO BE USED AS "HEAD-
QUARTERS" AND AS A FOOD STORE.
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THE POLICE GUARDING THE DISTRICT MADE NO OBJECTION. THE SQUATTERS", ON THEIR PART, SHOW NO SIGNS OF LEAVING. REUTER MF :.. 1758
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