The Archive · 1925

York Chinatown Peace Treaty

Consul and Police as Witnesses to End of Secret Societies'

Warfare New York, Mar. 26.

A treaty of peace was signed today, in the presence of the Chinese! Consul, between two rival Chinese secret societies which for months] past have engaged in bitter warfare, causing a number of myster-deaths and the open murder of Chinese in various parts of the country.

Twenty policemen supervised the proceedings in the conference-room, Which resulted in finally terminating all hostilities, while 1 led the dingy. streets American Service.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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