Paris, Apr. 1.
Admiral Basire, Commander-in-Chief of the French Fleet in Chinese waters, has asked that an officer should be sent to command the French troops at Shanghai. The paper states that it is probable, in view of Admiral Basive's requ that a Colonel will be sent to Shanghai from Indo-China.—Reuter. last evening regarding what! actually occurred in that port. Letters had been sent to the Com. missioner for Foreign Affairs by British authorities in. Wuhu stating] that British would be ordered keep clear of the demonstration and that the responsibilities of British} life and property would be entirely his. A reply was received to thi stating that protection would be afforded, slong with a request that the British guard be withdrawn from the hulk. The latter request was acceded to, and all British sub-JJeets ordered to withdraw to the Caradoe until after the demonstration. Tt was not proposed. t9 attempt a defence of the balk in question should an attack upon it be made.
It is understood that only four] American business men remain in Wuhu from that community, Tehang remains quiet according to reports. At Chungking the American Consulate has now been evacuated and closed and only the gunboat Monocacy is remaining in order to make sure that all American missionaries are out of the interior. She will stand by until this has been definitely asccrtained. HM. S. Widgeon, Mantis, and Teal left Chungking for Tehang last Thursday.
"Japanese Fleet at Tsingtao All parts of China are apparently beginning to feel " definite amount of alarm and gunboats are being concentrated on coast cities as well as} ones. Four Japanese battleships, three cruisers, 16 destroyers, and four auxilities arrived in Tsingtao on March] 31 from Japan.
The report comes from, 'Hankow that serious trouble' is "expected!
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