Show r f. f Moves for Protection in Shanghai Area AA M fRS DERS OF fWD TO OSTILE nl ARMiES VEN PlAN ants International Set Set- l ment Exempted From Attack DYE aVE IS SURPRISE gland Igland Stands Firm and Has Has Italian Backing HINGTON Feb 6 5 AP-A AP 1 proposal by Secretary Kel- Kel 0 0 the warring factions in inn n or elimination of the onal settlement at Shanghai by bye e i ent between them from the thel l te of hostilities has injected a e lement ement into the tangled Chie Chi Chi- e situation he has been forwarded M nister MacMurray l at Peking delivery both in Peking L Wanko Pending its receipt the the- leaders of the two factions II uon tion of the text was with with- J I I day oday at the state depart depart- only information given as to toure ure was the statement that the exemption of international s 1 1 rom roni the theatre of military a ions cons in the Chinese civil war fa as could be learned the im- im 11 y from attack or incidental 1 ie o-e o to foreigners and their jy ty woula be confined strictly international settlement t to include any oh or orY ry outside the boundaries boundaries- of se which would Lie hat rl reason state department cI daIs ls drew a distinction be- be ehe Kellogg I proposal an and rats re- re ts that at he had suggested a heune neu- neu heu- heu one ne agreement to tD the Chinese e S SuRPRISE PRISE e ew American move to pro pro- lew merican and other foreign 10 s 8 in Shanghai and their theiry y from violence came as a apte surprise There was no 5 intimation that an effort to get the north north- southern leaders in China 3 age ee to a course that would t the eVacuation eVacuationS S Shanghai by foreigners or re- re landing operations Ign naval forces to guaran- guaran n the Kellogg plan is l d upon the repeated public of Foreign Minister e Chen of the Cantonese fac- fac s nd Wellington Koo who em S g a similar post in Peking oth O th sides desired to protect on Page 7 1 KELLOGG lovEs fOR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI AREA ARfA Continued flom page 1 foreigners from molestation and had no desire to bring about an actual actual ac- ac exodus of foreigners at Shang- Shang hal hai It is to be expeCted that MInister MIn Mm- later ister MacMurray l has probably already al- al l- l ready taken steps to present the directly to Chang Tso- Tso Lin Manchurian war lord and and the dominating figure In the alliance ot of northern provincial military governors which s opposed to the Cantonese efforts to spread the power pf that faction over northern China ICHEN t. t CHEN MAY The government machinery alt at Peking has no firm constitutional background which would justify the usual methods of diplomatic of-diplomatic exchange exchange ex- ex change being bein relied upon At however whIch leis is now headquarters of the Cantonese Cantonese Can Can- regime It is assumed that Foreign Minister Chen has sufficient dent authority to commit the Can Can- government to a course of action such as Mr Kellogg has proposed In the absence of the proPosals themselves or of the d detailed ne o- o whIch theIr acceptances by by byboth byboth both sides probably would Involve It i is not p possible to state what steps toward insurIng the protection protection tion of the international settlement might be required by foreign naval forces concentrated In that vicin- vicin it Ity The line of between between be- be tween the settlement ment and the native native na- na tive city Is no more than a narrow street runnIng through a congested center of population with houses and buildings on both sides LONDON Feb 5 With AP-With the cabInet commIttee In practically continuous sessIon on the Chinese problem steaming to the Far East with the British defense forces and an apparent lull In the I clashes between the war lords and I between the rival PekIng and Canton Canton Can Can- ton governments g Great Britain settled doWn today for tor the customary customary custom custom- ary quiet week end which DownIng Downing Down Down- Ing street promIses Is not likely to tobe tobe be disturbed by fresh developments in the Chinese crisis POLICY HOLDS HOLDS Yesterdays Yesterday's cabInets parleys brought no change in the British policy with regard o holding the troops at although this action remained at atthe the forefront of possibilities I Exchanges of views between the I sh government and Its diplomatic diplo- diplo I matle matic at Bankow Shanghai and Peking are proceedIng proceed proceed- Ing continuously and when parliament parlia- parlia ment opens Tuesday Sir Austen Chamberlain the foreign secretary will take the Hie earliest opportunity of presenting the whole problem to the tho commons and the country In the meantime the British government government gov- gov rests oh on the the broad lines of Its twofold policy concIliation of legitImate na nationalist ambItions on the part of the Chine and the defense defense- of British rights and prop prop- erty The view hed he'd here Is that only one thing Is about the Chinese situation situation-it is bound to change chanie from day to day For the time being being- British lives and property property prop prop- erty are declared to be in no ImmedIate immediate Im- Im medIate danger hOME nO Feb 5 AP Mussolini 1 has made it clear in answering an- an Great BrItain's memOrandum memorandum dum addressed to aU all the powers having Interests In the Far East that he Is ready to joIn the British In the use of force if the situation at Shanghai becomes critical At the beginning of the ChInese crisIs Great Britain sent a memorandum memorandum memo memo- to the various powers explaining ex- ex the policy she Intended to follow and asking for theIr views This was a policy of- of conciliation with proper protection of the lives and property of foreigners in HAS RESERVATIONS Mussolini l after matUre study of the situation and frequent exchanges exchanges ex- ex changes of views with SIr Austen BrItish secretary for foreign affairs replied on February any ary 2 wIth a note in which he accepted accepted ac- ac the main lines of the British policy lie He made reservations howeVer on certaIn points In whIch the interests of the two countries do not exactly coincide the substance of the Italian Ital Ital- Ian note is Is- generally known to be along the lines of Great Britain's desires the text is not yet avaIl avaIl- able Sufficient Is known however how how- ever to make it certain that Italy stands with England on the chiel points at issue Mussolini's move Is considered by those familiar with conditions an anable anable able one since it canto at a moment mo mo- ment when England seemed almost almot entirely Isolated Thus the support of Italy represents an Important psychological factor which may have the effect of inducing other powers to imitate her |