The Archive · 1924

Legations in Peking

Danger of Scare Being Worked up Causelessly on Their Account London, Sept. 22.

The "Daily Telegraph," commenting on the events in China, says that the dispute continues the position of the European Legations in Peki will soon become a matter of speculation, which ought not to be tolerated. "This question, far more than nice estimates as to the movement of Kiangsu troops towards Shanghai, should decide the action lof the British Government at the present moment.—Reuter. coe his must strike any competent observer in China as the most ex-Ceaordinarily mischievous piece of ignorant comment. The Legations Peking ave in no danger whatever unless it be from a bomb accidentally Jdropped by an aeroplane and it will be disastrous if a scare is worked up quite unworthily on their

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