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CHINA
RIOTS 1 (ROUNDUP)
CHINA "REGRETS" ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS IN CANTON
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED "REGRET" TONIGHT FOR ANTI- BRITISH RIOTING IN CANTON, COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH CHINA MAINLAND, WHERE AN ANGRY CHINESE CROWD BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CONSULATE AND OTHER BUILDINGS TODAY IN THE CITY'S WORST ANTI- BRITISH DEMONSTRATIONS, A REUTER NANKING DESPATCH REPORTED.
THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT NANKING HAD MADE AN IMMEDIATE PROTEST TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE INCIDENTS.
EVACUATION OF BRITISH RESIDENTS FRON CANTON WHERE FOREIGN, MOSTLY BRITISH AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY NUMBERS 158 - IS TO BEGIN BY AIR TOMORROW, IT WAS RELIABLY LEARNED IN HONG KONG.
SHAMEEN, THE CANTON QUARTER WHERE THE RIOTS OCCURRED, HAS MEANWHILE BEEN PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
THE CHINESE VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR GEORGE YEH, EXPRESSING HIS "REGRET" TONIGHT, SAID THE FOREIGN OFFICE WAS AWAITING A FULLER REPORT OF THE INCIDENT, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SIR RALPH STEVENSON, HAD TOLD HIM, HE SAID, THAT THE CONSULATE STAFF WERE SAFE AND THE SITUATION THERE WAS "UNDER CONTROL."
SEVERAL THOUSAND CHINESE DEMONSTRATORS WHO FIRED THE BRITISH CONSE IN CANTON ALSO BURNED THE OUSE OF THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL AND THE OFFICES OF A WELL-KNOWN CHINA COAST SHIPPING FIRM, BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE, IN WHICH THE BRITISH INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, DEACON AND COMPANY, AND REUTERS WERE HOUSED, AA REUTER DESPATCH FROM CANTON SAID. REUTER MF 1908
CHINA
RIOTS 2 (ROUNDUP-UNDATED)
THE VICE-CONSUL, MR '.K.BLACKWELL, WAS SLIGHTLY HURT.
THE ATTACKS WERE BELIEVED PART OF ANTI-BRITISH DEMONSTRAT- IONS WHICH FOLLOWED AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD PROTEST TO BRITAIN AGAINST PRISON SENTENCES IMPOSED ON TWO CHINES IN THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONG KONG 90 MILES FROM CANTON. 4CE THE TWO MEN SENT TO PRISON WERE CHARGED WITH RESISTING P
EVACUATING CHINESE FROM BUILDINGS IN THE OLD CITY OF KOWLOON, CONDEMNED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH REASONS.
IN HONG KONG ITSELF, A REUTER DESPATCH SAID, THE GOVERNOR, SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, TONIGHT DENIED LOCAL REPORTS THAT A BRITISH WARSHIP WAS BEING SENT FROM THE COLONY TO CANTON.
THE CHINESE MAGISTRATE OF THE DISTRICT ADJOINING HONG KONG'S MAINLAND TERRITORIES SAID HE INTENDED TO STAGE A DEMONSTRATION ON THE BORDER TONIGHT.
THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATORS ENTERING BRITISH TERRITORY WAS FORESEEN AND HONG KONG POLICE WERE DEPLOYED TO MEET ANY EVENTUALITY. IN KOWLOON THE SITUATION WAS CALM. REUTER MF 1910
CHINA
RIOTS 3 (ROUNDUP-UNDATED)
A FORMULA FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE KOWLOON EVICTION DISPUTE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND AT A CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT BETWEEN
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA AND THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, DR.WANG SHIH-CHIEF, ACCORDING TO A CHINESE CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY REPORT. THE PLAN WAS BEING STUDIED BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS, THE REPORT SAID.
THREE HOURS AFTER TODAY'S CANTON RIOTING ENDED, POLICE AND FIRE BRIGADES ARRIVED AND THE CHINESE CROWD WAS DISPERSED. EVERYTHING WAS THEN REPORTED QUIET, BUT THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY REMAINED INDOORS.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES SENT A SPECIAL POLICE DETACHMENT TO GUARD THE BRITISH CONSULATE COMPOUND AFTER A REQUEST FOR PROTECTION. REUTER CEND ROUNDUP) 1913
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