Peking, June 21.
Chmmere Government would prefer a Tam given to understand that the
renewal of the nepocintions in Shan-hol rather tien opening fresh discussions mh eking.
The. reason apparently lies the. strong tee tical advance hich the Chinese Cink it after to them by the seleetivs of Sh hai as the venue for the confer Ju, theca jtsumtaness the Chines delegates have not been The pel tf Saitieh difference bet n the intycerted Pwerg ad the inese Governmert is now white tied down to the question as to whether the Shanghai shootings should be considered without reference to any Uther issue. Foreign opinion here is that the Powers have said their Jast_ word on that subject in Friday's declaration. It is pointed cut that the Diplomatic Commission was rent to Shanghai to investigate the sheetings, ret to negcelate a whole ady of new treaties with China in holileup atmosphere, That tke powers of the delegates were later: cat ended to alow of a. conference with the Chinese delegates was due to the anxiety of the interested Powers to show theft goodwill in helping to find a way out of the Shanghai impaste. It is felt that the Chinese Government is taking advantage of thin spirit of helpfulness, The Jocal situation seems much easier, street orators have mostly disappeared off the streets, demonstrations are now few and far between, and the only outward sign of activity now is in' bill-posting.
Heardings and telegraph poles all "contain boycott appeals and "shoot to kill" meets the eye at every turn, So far little success shaw attended the boycott campaign and the merchants, who Inst week had seemingly joined forees with the students over the Hankow incident, are apparently not so enthu-tine tic now. Still, agitation is seething below the surface and may find a much more widespread ex-Preasion when a general strike ts declared. The date of this effort at a united protest is said to have been put forward to June 30.
hear incidentally, that most colleges have produced plays bearing: fon the Shanghai case for proper anda purposes. The Y. M, C, A.
ticularly is\ attending to flits brough of activities and a large number of pertens may be seen in and near the building representation of May 30.
'Much interest has been aroused' the arrival of a contingent Cheng Tro-lin's troops ard by Kwang-hsin's resumption of office as Minister of War. No troops have yet appeared. in the city, but several hundred are reported in Tungchow and at the Yellow Tem-Fle. "It is anticipated that this is merely the vanguard of a much capital. has gained control over the police. This must be taken with rosery however, for no new appointment been made. It evidently owes origin to the fect that ec: shoot to kill" posters have recen! Jy been torn down, Officials here are reticent commenting on Mr. Chamberiai speech, confining their remarks to is statement of facts of the Shanghai shootings. To this stetemert they take strong exception, which was to be/expected, for Peking is still deluged with passionate arguments concerning what actually cccurred at Shanghai, Chinkiang, Kiukiang and Hankow. Some of the arguments are-quite ludicrous. The "Yi Shi Pao" was responsible for the statement that Mr. Mackenzie really died a natural death, but that the British authorities cut up his remains to make an atrocity, out of them. Prominent Chinese, referring to. this paragraph, remarked, "still it is quite possible that Miss Duncan shot him." Except for the "Min Pao" other newspapers have not yet referred to Mr. Chamberlain's speech. The "Min Pao" dismisses it as Pecksniffian hypocrisy, stating that, just as Amritsar tealed the doom of the British in India, so: will Shanghai mark the downfall of British impenalism in this country.
Newspapers continue to give much publicity to effusions of University professors and wild men who are urging China to prepare for war on Great Britain, They, are rebuked in a three-column ar-tide in the "Chen Pao" by Mr. V. K. Ting, who accuses the professors of fooling the students. He Bleads for.a return to eanity. Mr. Ting is the first Chinese to show publicly that he is not with the crowd.
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