Interviewed this afternoon Gen-oval Ho Ying-ching, Minister of War and in supreme control of military, political, and party affairs in Nan-King, declared that the Chinese forces here were fully capable of preserving order in' the former capital and also, one of his chief tasks, of protecting the foreign nationals here, General Ho gave repeated assurances that there was no ground for foreign nationals here to feel anxious regarding their safety, for he ould fully gttarantee adequate pro-
Illustrating the nervousness of the Japanese Navy lying off Hisiakuan General Ho told the story of a man who jumped yesterday" afternoon into the Yangtze river: to commit suicide, Immediately a crowd gathered on the shore of the river watching boats trying to rescue the drowning man, The Japanese warships meanwhile were ordered to be ready for action and Japanese naval authorities presented" a memorandum to the Chinese Foreign Office stating that Chinese troops on the shore of the river were putting up Machine guns and a battery" of artillery preparatory to an attack fon Japanese warships. "General Ho stated he had ordered police and troops at Hsiakuan and' Pukow to prohibit large gatherings of Chinese avoid such misunderstanding. meanwhile urging the Japanese naval commander here to feel assured the Chinese would not attack the Japanese warships.
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