Shanghat, Aug. 20.
It has been decided, states a press communique by the S.M.C, that the United States Marines will postpone their carrying out of the compromise plan passed by the majority of the Defence Committee and as Troops "legally"
Kept Here Nanking, Aug. 14. troops from the Shangha area.
"aritain's act ty, withdrawing har Jeave the American troops, stationed inthe Shanghai_area inthe. same Megat way ae were the British 9 thes acle. defenders of Western "Im= periallsr in China," declared Fang. Leangeli, Ambasindor-at-Larg and" Director-General of the Inter hationel Publicity. Board of the Na: tional Government of China, bral statement fo. the press on the British withdrawal of their garrisons {rom China.
'The, National Government, of Chinas afte Tang emphasized, "hay Stready solemnly' declared that "it ould not tolerate any private tra Ter of treaty rights "ut 18 to be hoped" that in, the in= terest of friendly relations between the two. countries and of, peace. in the Pacite, the United Statey of Ame-ill follow the good example tain, and "similarly. withe Amesiean cops stationed ly" on Chinese. territory and Buainst" the: wishes of the Chinese people" the Chinese statesman con Shaded! temporary measure, pending The Boxer Protocol of September the outcome of negotiations on 1001, named the places in North the subject between the Ameri-China," inetuding™" tientsin," where can and Japanese Governments, Signatory Powers could station troops the American Authorities have {e'mainiain open communteations bez {ween "Peiping "and. the soa, but acquiesced in the proposal that Shanghai was never mentioned, the Shanghai Volunteer Corps relieve the British Forces in 'The stationing of troops in Shang hal by" the Powers accordingly. was Heyer" sanctioned. by. the. so-called The Shanghai Municipal Boxer Protocol and' the praciiee Couneit has agreed that, as a doing so. for long. carried "out.
temporary measure, the Shang-Great Britain and: stilt being. done hai Volunteer Corps should take over defence duties in "BY by the "United "States, i entirely Sector. private Uansfer _affeeting sovereign rights after the withdrawal of the British troops Concession meaning the current hina, "Mr. Tang Leangell said ing his statement, "would eer= Fangements "as they" stand. today"? tainly not be tolerated."—Domel, the spokesman was' asked by a foreign correspondent and atler reply {ng by asking whether: this hod anything to-do with the defence: sectors Tu: British Voluntary War Con-he" observed that there. Were stil tributions Fund Is meeting with omnante "of. Chungking "elements rear response, even, amongst. memo orating in the French "Concession, Lem of the Indisn Community here
Was foo premature to support a claim oteiude by sbrorving" that.
Amongst the contributors this, Week
Simuar tothe one. made, yesterd actor to the Bait Surrey Megiment. adm St government "con: ly" the Defence Committee, which who has made a donation vot "$200 aller a ws only of tensive this in addition to. monthly: donee tion of st00, which the has Been ate.
US. Diplomatic Victory ing to the Central British, War Fund, New York, Aug. 16.
Another contributor is @ well known Commenting "on the' unoMiciat member "of the. Sikh -community, Feports that in agreement had been Lakha Singh who has also given $206 reached for the American Marines aha, Singh way formerly" in' the to take over most of the territory Sith "Punjab Regiment and comes of that the British are evacuating in 4 family' with distinguished traditions the International " Settlement, the or! military serve, "New York Herald Tribune™ ina leading article this morning say: 4nd" greatly exhilarate the Chinese." soften the fall of British prestige "This will undoubtedly infuriate the Japanese militarists, who have long been obsessed with the" idea" that Welles silent if they could "only get the into Washington, Aug. 16. Settlement and brow-beat the Occl-|* The acting Secretary of Slate, Me. dentals as well as the Chinese they Sumner Welles, told the press' yes-could convince all China that they terday he had' received no official were recognized as the masters of reports of the results of the meeting the Far East and so more. easily of Shanghai defence commanders break the Chinese will to resist. yesterday and therefore could make "This therefore is a diplomatic lino comment on the negotiations—defeat at America's hands which will United Press,
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