Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 1 | Americans Face Danger in Many Foreign Lands

AMERICANS f FACE DANGER IN MANY MAN tAN D S People in China Nicaragua Nicaragua Nica- Nica Turkey and Mexico co Are in Peril PRESIDENT STUDIES Protection Is Coolidge Coolidge's 5 Only Aim a arid d Force Is Used as the Only Means WASHINGTON Jan 22 United Several Press thousand United States marines marine were preparing tonight tonight to- to night at navel naval bases in San Diego i Cal Quantico Vs Va and the South SouthSea Sea islands of Guam for expected orders to move to take part in American activities in China and Nicaragua Indications that this government will exert its power to protect the Americans in civil war ridden China was seen in dispatch of marines marines ma- ma rines from Guam to the Philippines to replace forces sent from Manila to Chinese waters By LUDWELL DENNY United Press Staff Correspondent W WASHINGTON ASHI Jan 22 UnIted Press across the sea are reported In danger V V Here gay Saturday night crowds surge long along the streets and into the theatres whIle a sIlent sandy haired man sits alone in the White House studying consular an and l nav navy reports of tIme the distress V the movie the president se sees s oss Ac the deserts and rice fields of China mIssionarIes fleeing wIth their familIes from angry mobs Hundreds of miles away Is the sea seacoast coast with ab waiting warships flying the stars and Stripes of safety Along the f fever ver infected coasts of the Caribbean Yankee lumbermen lumbermen lumber lumber- men men and traders dOdgIng down NIcaraguan roads and rivers under the gunfire or of confiscating n native Uve f yn the u States marines marines' oc oCCUPY i the rebel and press on Into the mountainoUs s InterIor In Turkey Americans panicky lest dIscrimination ruin their missIons missions mis- mis ald trade through the senates senate's senates senate's sen- sen ates ate's failure to ratify the Lausanne treaty assuring them protection and equalIty On mud flats of Tampico and in Continued on page 12 AMERICANS AMRI ANS f FACE A DANGER It IN MANY lAND Continued from Page 1 the back country o of Mexico oilmen front from guardIng and ph pipelines appealing frantically for protection against seizure and confiscation under local laws PEACE APPEALS There oti the presidents president's desk besides besides' U thOse se dispatches o of dis- dis resolutions press and appeals from i mothes for peace Y protect American lives the president says l oL clares he does not want to ene In Nicaragua but asks he can protect American asserts his belle belief In In most questions but Indicates at In the Mexican dispute there I If only one side to the question an inalienable right of property What shall he do to ease case the situation In China There Is chaos Rod and confiscation Silas Strawn hIs special commissioner at the recent recent re- re cent Peking negotiations tells him to make no major concessions to the nationalists until they bring order out of chaos The president will try to help the Americans In Turkey by getting another another an- an other temporary agreement giving ost st favored nation treatment W Jan 22 2 AP AP- Apprehension over over the plight ot of In China Increased per per- here today todar due to 0 an outbrEak outbreak out out- brEak of rioting In the International In Shanghai Th Tho situation was not clear In the absence of complete ott Jl reports to permit comment gt at state department yet It was obvious that the outbreak was ws re- re gf cJ In official quarters as as' as hay hay- Q inous J c n Reports ports previously received from nii al WillIams at Shanghai in command of all American naval Chinese waters told of number o of local I sW among Chinese workers of n settlement Such as this may have caused been sufficient to warrant gf t reports I of Chinese on yoal In fn the heart of the Important ch distrIct of the l community and the Iho resulting d sll the International tl to ob hers here however 11 h tIll the agitation at may be getting out of fA a AS It did id at Hanko and else else- LO Jan 22 Four APi-Four of British troops lave llave lavee e e i to be in readiness c ti for China This Is In fo o the 1000 marines ho embark at for the far east caRt From In In- reports that an de Is also preparing for a rapid movement A MADE Tue government de deCided today to tote te the country partly Into Its con con- nce and official announcing the new preparations nere ero Issued by both foreign office and nl war wat office There has been considerable over the bet between een the ministers ministers' constant assurances of a conciliatory concilia- concilia tory policy toward China and the naval and military prepa- prepa r rons lon which are dally daily Increasing Olal OU lal quarters sUll sUIl maintain tb preparations are nothing measures tOr tIle the pr ot of British subjects and J I t rests and that there Is no agI ag- ag I ve Intention They assert that with China are con con- tJ tinting and also that although gen gen- in China con contain tarn the V f possible grave develop develop- Is no immediate dangel danger dan dan- gel ger- ger Jan 2 United ed rJ r e 4 volunteers stood by service tonight double guards were stationed In the bush busl- area for the night tour or duty p lIce reserves were mobilized a he three central stations as a result of a labor riot In which Chinese toda today fought police who finally dispersed them Il ty Chinese were severely In- In j rel and twelve policemen n sur- sur feid abrasions during the fight trouble was anticipated The Thc riot took place In the road when striking tramway em- em sought to celebrate the compan corn com pan pany's s acceptance of their demands There was no shooting although the explosions of firecrackers lers simulated the sounds of a minor battlefield The strike began early eally this week but was settled Thursday by capitulation capitulation lation of the company to the strikers strikers' ers era demands But because the they wanted to commemorate the anniversary anniversary anni- anni of Lenins Lenin's death te strikers ers era refused to return to Work Im- Im mediately Shanghai was well weIl prepared for trouble Barricades have been erected erected erect erect- ed at strategic Points and bomb screens above barbed wire entanglements entanglements protected part of the International International In- In concession