London, Jan. 23.
Up to late to-night official telegrams from Ching have not shown any definite change in the situation.
Many messages have been received from Sir Miles Lampson, the British] Minister at Peking, dealing with and explaining the course of the negotia-ions now being conducted by Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Eugene Chen, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, at! Hankow, but these messages do_not indicate that any definite stage has yet been reached. They show, how-fever, that the conversations are proceeding normally. ie ieade, com-the 2nd Battalion of the' Cond Stream Guards, the Int Battalion of the. Belfordshiro and. Hertfordshire Regie ment, the dnd Battalion of the Border Regiment and the Lat Battalion of the Devonshire, Regiment; (GB) The 20th Indian Infantry Bsipace, Maj-Gen Duncan Appointed to Command Contingent The commander, John Duncan, will sail for Shanghai tomorrow, his troops following as soon a3 transport is available, 'The Shanghai defence force is to commanded by Major-General John Duncan, 68, CM.G, CVO, D0, 60, the 54th 'Division (Territorial).' His chief of staff will be Major the Viscount Gort, DS.0,, M.cy, of the Grenadier business there to-morrow, the Haneemenine Of] Guards.—British Wireless Throvgh kow "test case" is still in progress Tt is necessary to discover how far the Cantonese leaders are in al Position to carry out their promises and precautionary measures are being taken only, in case things go wrong.
As regards further precautionary measures announced during the week-end, it is re-affirmed that] British policy is mainly in the direction of nogotiation—Reuter.
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