Latest Military Outrage in Shensi: Student Congratulations now OuR OWN Connesronsexr Shensi, Aug. 14.
Our own correspondent in Shensi ives the following graphic account, the murder of an Italian priest by soldiers. He gives the victim's! Chinese name of Mei Shen-fu, but Jomits to give his foreign name:—'A few days ago Mei Shen-fo, (I think he was Italian) with two Chinese friends was returning to Tungyuanfang, from Taolitsun, which is just four miles from San yuan. As he rode along, he met some soldiers and when the soldiers moved on they left the corpses of three good Catholics. The people!
say the murder was committed order to get silver, but the soldiers give a different reason. 1 believe they have declared that they asked who he was, but instead of answering them he rode on. True the Chinese friends that he was their pr they found that he volver. And. the -pu such presumption wi tone bayonet wounds in the body of the foreigner.
Tt is commonly reported that when Gospel village was sacked the 'Students Army Comforts Assoclation" when delivering their gifts of cigarettes; peanuts, ete, to the braves who. did the Tooting, they'
the same time congratulated them en cleaning out the Christians nest; surely now they will have more cause for rejoicing Furtern students from hai University (now located in Tsing Yuing Read, Chapei) and nine from the College of Law, Rue Pere Robert, have gone to Canton to join the Whampoa Military Academy.
Mukden Chamber of Commerce' appeal to the Government. rogarding the Mukden notes. problem Marshal Chang Tso-lin's "'militeristic" policy is blamed as being the root of the trouble, an sequently, it is considered that the only solution will be for the War Lord to give up his "political amditions" regarding Peking.
The "Nichi Nichi" declares that the question is no longer a local problem, but involves Japan's most Vital interests in Manchuria. Consequently, the Japanese Government} should take a resolute step.
similar views Other vernacular papers express Japan's Protest Aug. 25.
Owing to pressing demands from Japanese residents in Manchuria, it]
understood that the Foreign Office will probably protest to Marshal Chang Tso-lin regarding a arresting and _shooting brokers in connexion with the Mukden notes question, and thereby indirectly affecting, considerably, Japan's commercial interests, It is considered that the action jolates the Sino-Japanese Commer-'Agreement in which China promises to respect and protect Japan's commercial interests in China, but}
Baron Shidehara, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, says he ing to threaten to take definite action as he wishes to avoid anything savouring of intervention or meddling in China's internal affairs Marshal Chang's Regrets Aug. 25.
Reuter is officially informed that] Mr. Chao Chin-pai, the legal ad-of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, who is now visiting Japan, yesterday called on Baron Shidehara and apologized on Marshal Chang's behalf for causing inconvenience to Japanese trade interests in Manchuria by the arrest of brokers, pro. mising not to repeat the action.
He also expressed the hope that Japan would repeal extraterritoriality throughout China, including the Three Eastern Provinces.
Boron Shidehara, while assuring! him of Japan's sympathy with China's desire for abolition of extraterritoriality, reminded Mr, Chao Chin-pai that the International Com. mission was till examining the question. Consequently, Japan, separately, was unable to promise anything for the time being—Reuter.
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