Show china wants legation guards reduced china is anxious that foreign mccu pation of her territory be abandoned promptly as possible as it is causing d border and is an obstacle to peaceful adjustment of affairs china is anxious that the legation guards shall be re deuced to as small a number as the powers can be induced to designate china regards the american force con sti the american legation guard as altogether too large it numbering 1 men if each nation maintains a guard of this strength pekin will be under the control of a force of 14 foreign troops there are now in china about allied troops |