Nationalists Asking for Arms of Northern Troops In a recent communication to the British and Japanese Consul-Generals, Mr. Quo Tal-chi, Com. missioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu, requested the handing over of several thousand rifles which were left by the panic-stricken ChiliShantung troops at the at boundary of" the International Settlement and Chapei last year when vanguards of the Nationalist Azmy arrived in Shanghai and took the North Station from the retreat-ug Chihli-Shantung soldiers, These rifles were subsequently taken into custody by the British and Jay in [ese troops stationed near Chinese territory.
In. his communi pointed out that, and order has long. since stored and effectively maintained by local Chinese authorities, and in view of the fact that these rifles can be utilized for police service, itis an opportune time to hand them over to the local Nationalist authoritiew—Kuo Min,
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