The Archive · 1926

Farewell Tiffin to

CHINA SIR R. MACLEAY

Considered Sufficient to Safe-

/Minister's Significant Remarks guard Nationals at Anglo-American Tiffin London, Nov, 22.

Peking, Nov, 19.

The force at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief in China considered sufficient to ensure the safety of the British residents, declared the Secretary of State for Fo n Affairs (Sir Austen Char berlain) in the House of Commons to-day.

Replying to a question by Mr. A. A. Somerville (Conservative) the Foreign Secretary stated that the disposition of the naval forces! in China was made by the Commander-in-Chief, who was in close touch with the Minister at Peking the Jocal Consular officials.—Reuter,

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