Martial law has been declared at the Kiangnan Arsenal, where, we Understand, work is being rushed on the output of munitions, No person or persons are allowed to enter the Arsenal gates without first presenting a pass, and persons found acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the Arsenal are being detained, According to a Chinese press report the Legations have notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that no fighting is to take place within 10 miles of treaty ports and that communications, whether by land or sea, are under no pretext whatever to be interrupted. This report is probabi ly untrue, designed to inflame public feeling.
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