court Dec. 2h:
Proceedings at the Provisional Court Conference in Nanking continue to be wrapped in secrecy. A telegram last Friday told us that the tenth meeting had been held on the previous day; but, as the foreign delegates had not' received instructions from their Ministers in Peking, there was no discussion and the conference adjourned until yesterday. Chinese newspapers have published a few indications as to the course of events, one, in particular, to the effect that the American delegate was take ing a "strong" line., On the foreign side there have been no disclosures. Seeing that' the
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