CO129-609-6 Future policy- Reuters reports on situation regarding Kowloon evictions 1-1-1948 - 31-12-1948 — Page 6

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"BRITAIN, CHINA AGREED AS RIOTERS BURNED CONSULATE"

NANKING, FRIDAY

REFUTING ALLEGATIONS THAT THE

KUOMINTANG (CHINESE NATIONAL PARTY) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS IN CHINA, DOCTOR CHEN-LI-FU, KUOHINTANG HINISTER OF ORGANISATION, TOLD REUTER THAT CHINA AND BRITAIN HAD AGREED II! THE KOULOON DISPUTE ON THE AFTERNOON! THAT CANTON RIOTERS WERE BURNING THE BRITISH CONSULATE.

THE KOWLOON DISPUTE, MERONELICE THE RIOTS AROSE, FOLLOWED EVICTION BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES OF CHINESE LIVING IN CONDEMNED BUTS AT KOWLOON, THE MAINLAND PART OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONGKONG.

THE CHINESE ALLEGED THE BRITISH HAD USED UNDIE HARSINESS. PEUTER MF

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