| Show AMERICANS MEA IC DIE IE IN CHINA WA FARE E NATIONALIST SOLDIERS UNBRIDLED UNBRIDLED ATTACK ALIENS ShUT BRIT BRITISH ISH LIVES ALSO ALBO LOST U U. U 8 and Ind English Warships Op Opt Open n Fire FIN and Ultimatum Go Goes Forth Washington The Washington The Chinese situation n flamed Famed to sudden udden crisis tilled fined wit with h gravest possibilities In la the roar of 01 Amerl American n tad nd British naval guns gun a at t limiting flanking An unknown number of American and British lives liTes have haTe been taken by a mob nob of undisciplined nationalist sol aol diers Guns of ot American and British British- b warships ar and od rifles nines and bayonets o of f American and British sailors blasted a away away way to too safety for the survivors Other foreigners Including more mor e ea than a hundred American men women a and children are still in the seething turmoil of the river city their fate tate un known Solemn warning has bas been served on nationalist leaders by tho the and British commanders t to e produce these unharmed or take th the consequences Menacing muzzles of ot o f naval guns gune trained on a swarming g city of a quarter of a million population population tion backed the tho demand By Dy what hat steps Rear Hear Admiral II H. II H. H Hough American naval commander a at t te flanking and its He British colleague e plan to enforce their ultimatum was unknown to the tile Washington govern men ment In face faco of that fact Secretary Wilbur declared after atter conferences with Secretary Kellogg that Admiral Williams s the tho American naval commander commander com com- mander in China had bud unlimited authority authority au to employ his hie forces as I be he deemed necessary to protect American lives livee lie He has bae the full per cent support support sup sup- port of the government the naval secretary said |
