Legations Urged to Deal Direct with Bandits Hankow, May 25.
A mass meeting of the foreign residents of Hankow last night adopted a resolution urging the foreign Governments to insist that the Chinese Government shall*withdraw its troops and officials from Lincheng, that the Foreign Legations shall take up direct negotiations with the bandits for the immediate release of the captives, holding the Chinese Government responsible for the liability incurred in settlement, and also that the foreign Legations insist that the Chinese Government punish the authorities who permitted the outrage to occur in the district under their control.
The meeting approved the suggestion put forward for the guarding of trunk railways by gendarmerie with foreign officers and recom-
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