Canton, Dec. 28
The four Nanking peace envoys arrived in Canton from Hongkong this morning, accompanied by" the] welcome pany" from Canton, and] Were greeted by high Government Dficials upon landing. The rene: Sentatives will confer" with Canton officials immediately, "and it is announced that they may fly. to Kuanesi if necessary, 10 interview Gens. Li "Tsung-jen and Pal Ching-Despite the fact that the uncom promising attitude of Mr. Hu Hat-ain threatens. to. wreck the peace parley, it is believed that the' propects of a rapprochement are sill Hopeful, as the Cantonese are meeting their visitors in ciliatory aul friendly. spirit. final success of the mission appears inge on the attitude of Ku led as the most portant Informed" Reuter that they "had decided to go to Kuangsi in ease and that they believed difficulties would be overcome.
It is rumoured that the delegates offered Mr. Hu Han-min the chairmanship of the National Protection for Americans, Nanking, Dee. 14.
Mr, Nelson T. Johnson, the Ame-zien, Miniter, "called on. My.
inister of Foreign Affairs, 'y, when the question of pro-ection of American lives and. pro-oto. In this connection, Ferty in. Fukien again was referred of the Ministry. of Foreign Affairs states that, though no written com munications were despatched to the [various Foreign Legations, the
[various foreign diplomatic. repre-Ministry ud verbally adieéd the sentatives who recently called the Ministry to request adequate protection for the lives and property of thole nationals in Fukien, to re-Jeommend the latter voluntarily evacuate the provinee.—Kuo Min Troop Concentrations Shanghai, Dee. 13. from Kueilin, the Kuangsi_ troops According ton Chinese telegram ing concentrated at Kueilin, and Fuchwan, on and Hunan border, and Pinglo, Hohsion, and. Waitsap, on the Koangsi_ anid Kuangtung" border. Work has been started at} Kueilin, Chuan, and Hohsien for the construction of large mero-dromes, while long distance tele phone wires are being erected in the districts bordering Hunan and Kuangtung,
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