Satisfactory Progress in Arranging Modus Vivendi: The Search of Soviet Ships Peking, Mar. 19.
Oficiat reports from Tientsin indicate satisfactory progress is being made towards establishment of the modus vivendi ay Taku It appears that on the evening of March 17 the forts' commander Sent a note to. the commander of the Italian cruiser saying that it duty to n free communications on the Peiho in accordance with the 1 and entirely agreed with the -opinion expressed in the communications from the foreign men- " which he had transmitted to General Sun Yueh and General Lu Chun recom) by the Chinese Commis Foreign Affairs at Tientsin, This answer was handed to the Senior Consul at three o'clock in the afternoon of March 18, the ulti-of the called on the formed him delivered during the afternoon. ite explained that the contents of this would be regarded as. satisfactor}
The Senior Consul subsequently asked the Customs Commissioner to have the signals relighted and arranged for the restoration of the tide signal station to the Customs, undertook to instructions to the
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