The General has a way of landing on one word in a sentence with a thump that suggests he means quite what he has said, and possibly more. T suggested that by treaty we had right to keep open railway com munication between Peking and the and that many hed formed the opinion that the hasty despatch of Marines to the north was for. the purpose of defending that right. red, "Tientsin is to' be the headquarters for protection to Americans in the north as Shanghai is la the south.
If cir-it necessary Americans in Poking come her? Treaties," he added, "have nothing to do with our business here. There was no treaty concerned in the firing on Nanking, was there? We're here to protect American lives, and we're going to take any steps that may appear to be necessary to that end without reference to treaties."
I suggested that in the event of the evacuation of Peking there might be considerable destruction of American property. "Property!" exclaimed the General. "We can make the Chinese pay for any property they may destroy, but we can't make them pay back a life and we're going to see that they:
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