Amoy, May 23.
Rear-Admiral Decoux, Commander-in-Chief of the French fleet in the Far arrived here from Saigon at noon today aboard the Magship Lamotte Piequet.
Significance was attached to his arrival in view of.the Kulangsu Settlement question. Rear-Admiral Decoux came here because of the gravity of the situation, according to French naval circles.
It was anticipated that he would take part in a conference of high ranking naval officers of Japan, Britain and the United States to dis cuss a possible joint withdrawal of bluejackets now in occupation of the Settiement—Domei.
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