Gen. Chi Shieh-yuan, Tuchun of Kiangsu, has, in connexion with the Diplomatic Body's Lincheng demands, telegraphed to Peking opposing the policing, urder foreign control, of China's railways, states the "Shunpao." Gen. Chi states that this work should be undertaken by thd Chinese themselves and that China's sovereign rights must be protected.
In this connexion Marshal Wu Pei-fu states that, contrary to the Boxer troubles when the bandiis were urged by the Manchu Gow ernment to kill foreigners, the Lincheng outrage was simply a case where nothing was previously known of the affair and ro precautions were taken, The provincial officials therefore cannot held responsible for what was more or less an Act of God which could not be avoided. Chinese, states Marshal Wu, have suffered damages as well as foreigners, and one should not be treated on unequal terms as against the other, The policing of the railways therefore comes under China's own control and foreign-
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