The evacuation of all Americans from Peiping was under considera-
Meanwhile, it is indicated at the White House that President Roose velt is keeping in the closest touch with Far Eastern developments in Order to determine, among other things, whether or not the Neutrality Act should be invoked. t is stated that the President need not wait for a formal declaration of war to put the Act into effect The wounding of an American Marine by a stray shot has revived the long-standing issue regarding the usefulness of Marines and Legation Guards in China, since it is admitted that conditions which caused their presence under the Boxer Protocol no longer exist, The State Department, however, is said to favour their presence in China so long as Britain maintains similar guards.—Reuter.
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