'The Note goes on to draw attention to the fact that the Chinese delegation at the Washington Conference agreed to a resolution that it was' justifiable and in accordance with accepted principles of international law for a nation or nations to send or station armed forces in other States as a temporary meas-lire in order to meet emergencies which threatened to endanger the lives and property of the, nationals of such a nation taking such action. Tt was in the spirit of that declaration that Japanese troops were sent to Shantung.—Reuter.
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