Request That Marines Might Used to Maintain Order Hankow, Jan. 30, message from Ichang, dated January 30, states:
'A large number of troops belonging to the 20th Army left here upstream at 280 o'clock this afters noon on board the str. Fuyuan, 'A party of Szechuanese troops, while on their way back to Ichang from Tangyang, were suddenly nttacked by a large body of bandits at a point not far from this city. The bandits are attempting to dis arm the soldiers, Reinforeemehts were immediately despatched and fighting is now going on between the troops and the outlaws, In view of the fact that bandits are very active in this district, the authorities of the Chinese General Chamber of Commeres have petitioned the captain of the Japanese gun-boat Seta, asking him to maintain peace and order with a party of Japanese bluejackets, To this, the captain of the Japan-see gun-boat has replied, that the Japanese navy will assist in the Safeguarding of the Chinese citizens in ease of any outbreak that could not be overlooked from a humanitarian point of view, but that it is advisable for the Chinese authoritio' to maintain peace and order for themselvas.—Toho.
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