Show y Q G 4 Army Ready ta to Sail for China Q 9 FOREIGNERS AT A T SHAN SHANGHAI HAI WATCH H HARMY'S ARMY'S fl Less Than 1000 Marines Are on Hand to Guard Over Americans By Onite Press A British army was ready to er bark for service in China today Examination of weekend orders and troop movements revealed that British troops were under orders orders or or- ders to sail sai I or to prepare to sail for service in the Far East One thousand British marines were to embark at Portsmouth today Indian troops at and four battalions in India also were to bo be sent to Shanghai Refugees streamed into Shanghai from the interior of Chins China a and d for eign warships converged on that rich port of the high seas leu Foreign concessions at Shanghai were under un un- der guard on account of labor di orders and the uneas uneasiness was wal ac ac- accentuated acce ce by the Canton defeat defeat- of the Chinese defenders of Shanghai at Lanchi Lanch miles southwest I IBy By CAL S S. S HIRSCH United Press Staff St ff respondent Correspondent Co SHANGHAI Jan 2 24 British kind and other foreign ts ri of the Far i Eat I waited behind barbed wire today ft t the vIctorIous Cantonese troops r ops' ops converged converged-cn the 1 the I IA citY A thin line Une of marines troops and civilian gu guard rd was their main ph After the defeat t ot of the army ot of Stin Sim Chuan Fang at Lanchi near the nationalist 01 or Cantonese Canton Canton- ese army began moving toward Shanghai Throughout the city demonstrations were being er enacted acted The BrUsh British have ordered t the e evacuation atlon ot of all missionaries who Were gathered at More than American m men n women and children were ere assembled assem- assem assem- assem bled in this city with lees than 1000 I American troops to guard them STREETS PATROLLED Sunday passed as one of the quietest In weeks but It was an ominous calm A hea heay y police pollee guard patrolled aU all thoroughfares There was much apprehensIon th t the striking motormen and conductors who staged Saturdays Saturday's dem tion would renew their activIties All street car ar and omnibus service has stopped 1 Meanwhile as foreIgn warships nOsed their way to landings along the waterfront a stream of refugees from the Yangtze river and interior headed toward the points was protection pro pro- ot of the consulates AU All foreign consulates here were Vere under guard and heavy barbed wire entanglements have hav beer beep stretched In front ot of the buildings to ward of off any attack WASHINGTON Jan 24 United Press Iress d of th the Chinese antl- antl foreign riots to Shanghai Increased the apprehension of offIcials here today Reports from Admiral Williams commanding the Asiatic fleet stated most ot of the six twenty American war vessels In o or en en to Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese waters are concentrating a at Shanghai SEEK SAFETY S FETY AmerIcan missionarIes missionarIes' and business bustness bust bust- ness men men from other Interior cities are pouring into Shanghai where they c can r embark on on foreign ships if native demonstrations demonstrations' continue according to thes Though recognizing that the so- so called unequal treaties giving foreigners foreigners for for- eigners special privileges are a ma- ma majar ma- ma jar jor cause causo of te growing nationalist movement the here has decided on a w walt see it- it see nd-see attitude at at- before Its policy toward a new hew treaty eaty American Amerl an command rs are ord ot- ot d red to avoid any ay unnecessary use ot force which might further late the rIoter Some officials here Continued on Page 5 FOREIGNERS S A T 1 SHANGHAI WATCH ARMY'S ContinUed from page 1 are hop rul that tha th the great f foreign r armada concentrated In Shanghai harbor will 1 makE the rioters think before starting a general attack attack at- at tack on the foreign quarter Hut But It practical wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale evacuation e of the foreigners would be e necessary If fighting began between the American troops and natives With In Inthe inthe the foreign quarter alone d with foreigners the latter would have little chance Nor Nor- mally there are Americans In Shanghai but ut ly the refugees flow num number er an of al LONDON Jan 24 United Press Moving swiftly to protect British citizens In China from further attacks at- at tacks of Chinese mobs the war of- of Ice today had concentrated men of whom are under orders to to sail sai immediately for or service i ithe ip the J Far ar East The first of the British troops will wl saIl today when 1000 marines embark from Portsmouth The arrangements for or troops constituting con con- the greatest m ement ot British military forces since the the- crisis developed called for forthe the Immediate sailing salling of four fOUl battalions bat bat- now stationed In England In to the marines Stand b by orders have been is- is to two more battalions now In Malta and three more in India have hae been noti- noti fled to prepare prepare to to move on short |