I Nanking, Jan, 12.
'The National Government to-day fent identical memoranda' tothe! United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands, saying thet China cannot assume" responsibility. for any situation "in law or in fact" that may result from the exerel of her rights to resist aggression, 'The memoranda inform the Powers that Japan took advantage of the rights' she claims under the Boxer Protocol of 1901 when her troops attacked the City of Shanhaikuan, Tt is further alleged that in this attack, thousands of innocent CI nese were Killed and great property damage was done. Even now, the Powers mre informed, Japan is' concentrating troops nea Shanhaikuan and along the Peking-Mukden Rail-mat protocol which gi ight to keep communications from Peking to the sea. The Powers have always held that communications to the "sea" means Shanhaikuan and. not to Tientsin, the Chinese have claimed times.—United Press.
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