"Throughout the struggles between the Chinese political parties! with the object of seizing the region of Shanghai the authorities of the! French concession have scrupulously' abstained from favouring either side in spite of the difficulties of the! erd the strictest neutrality has been maintained in accordance with the /spécial character of this concession.
The French Minister in Peking, therefore, expects that on the part. of the Chinese authorities the same rules will be observed by them, and he expects that the commanders of the armies now facing one another will take all the necessary measures to avoid incidents which would force the French authorities to take upon themselves the burden of securing the persons and property of sidents against harm.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.