The Troubles in China Worry England: The Evacuation of the Ruhr - Soviet "Repression"

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The English press is beginning to raise its voice regarding the troubles in China. The Times correspondent in Beijing makes the following observations:
"Although the British Chargé d'Affaires has repeatedly urged the Chinese government to prevent the posting of anti-British propaganda posters in the city, and a large number of such posters have been torn down, yesterday, at the Chin-Nen Gate, where traffic is heaviest, one could see a huge square of calico on which were painted the following demands: removal of the British Chargé d'Affaires, dismissal of the British consuls in Shanghai and Han-Kou, punishment of the 'culprits,' abandonment of British and Japanese concessions throughout China." "It certainly took several men to place this document in this place and the operation could not have been carried out without the connivance of the police and the authorities. "

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Almost all German newspapers are reporting that preparations for the evacuation of the Ruhr are underway. The relevant authorities have already received instructions on this matter. Marshal Pétain has arrived in Düsseldorf. It is believed that part of the occupying army will leave the Ruhr within a few days.

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According to the latest statistics from Russia, the number of political exiles, forced by the Bolshevik government to spend the rest of their lives in the most remote parts of what was once the Russian Empire, has now exceeded 89,000. During the time of Tsarism, the total number of political exiles never exceeded 1,000 to 2,000 people. In the province of Archangel alone, there are currently 11,000 exiles, including more than 2,000 young men and women under the age of twenty. Sweet country!...