Show 0 ii u. u s. s TAKES Sl SLOW W Wr r POLICY It IN C mA Standing Order for Wa ships to Protect Am American Ameri ican i- i can Citizens Is Issued By u DENNY United Press Staff Correspondent W WASHINGTON ASHI Dec 1 Faced I.-Faced Faced with the most dangerous situation in n China since the Boxer rebellion the United States government is withstanding pressure from other powers for Cor forceful action Go slow is the Washington re reaction e. e action to the onward sweep of oC the the red red Cantonese armies and rising sentiment throughout ChI China Standing orders ordera have been issued to Admiral C. C S. S Williams lains s command commander com corn mander mand r of the American Amerl an Asiatic fleet to furnish warships and marines ma ma- rifles rines rines' rines for for fOl protecting of American lives ives and property upon call cali from Continued on page 6 S U. U 8 5 POliCY IN CHINA Continued from page 1 i. American Minister MacMurray or 01 consuls i But there Is no disposition here hereto to go beyond these rigidly defined d limits in the use of ot force Suggestions Suggestions ons from London for tor a huge naval naya demonstration to awe the Chinese aroused no no- enthusiasm Official reports indicate the situation situation situation situ situ- at on th the Yangtze river recently captured captured cap cap- r by by the radical Cantonese Is serious American residents at have i ve request d protection In connection with the boycott and two American destroyers have been rush d. d to joIn the time three Am American gunboats at PEKING PEKING- Dec 1 AP ger gel to which foreigners at Iii and haVe been exposed eXPos d as s the result of ot unrest and factional fighting is lessening BATTLE BATTLE IS ON ON I Dispatches from foreign sources in the latter lalier city received here to today today to- to day say there is fighting between the loyal troops defending defending defend defend- ing the city and the invading Can Can- These advices declare the i back southerners southerners' were deflected toward Canton Canto The various consuls consuls consuls con con- conI I th there r however are ale requesting i their governments to send gunboats to protect their I At the situation eased as the Cantori Cantonese se moved a step nearer In their desire to establish their capital city at near there by which they hope to unify control over the disintegrated republic An official message from Canton announced that the s southern government government gov goy would move mote t to December 15 15 Its first group of ot of officials ot- ot and government archives Diplomatic circles expect this move to contribute toward the pacifying pacifying paci- paci ting of ol which has lias been ruled by labor unions f for r several weeks A J general strike is threatened there but once once the Cantonese establish their capital at it Is believed ed the situation situation situa situa- tion will change The unrest at now Is attributed to the thc absence bente e of of- strong authority SHIPS TO RETURN Return of the the American destroyers destroy destroy- ers Pope and Truxton which Is ex expected expected ex- ex soon also is 18 expected to contribute to the to-the the pacification of ot the city These craft craf only recently left after having baying gone there to protect American lives and prop prop- erty With a a renewal of unrest they were ordered to return and Join British and French forces in guarding the city A China Dec 1 AP AP- AP Fighting In and near where there are many foreigners was reported today Business is suspended in the city Foreign gunboats gunboats gun gun- boats are expected to arrive soon to to afford protection to foreigners and help maintain order The approach toward the city of northern soldiery fleeing before the victorious Cantonese in south Fu- Fu kien klen province is being watched by bythe bythe bythe the northern general Li Sen Sen-Chun s ri r F t 1 S li I who united with the nays nav forces stationed here her to shield I from both the retreating and ad advancing advancing advancing ad- ad forces WASHINGTON Dec 1 10 A AA A request that an American v ar ar vessel be sent to for protectiOn protection pro pro- of Ameri American an nationals has be been ri transmitted by the time American consul at to Rear Admiral Williams commanding American naval navai forces forces' In Chinese waters The town Is near the coast in province south of Shanghai and the message indicated apprehension hension that the cont contending Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Can Can- and Shanghai armies might come come Into the vicInity LO LONDON DON Dec 1 AP Latest AP-Latest Latest reports state that the threatened general strike against foreigners In has been set for December 4 4 Foreign Secre Secretary ry Austen Chamberlain Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- today told the house of commons With the possible exception of ot Sir Austen said there was no i son ason at the present time to fear for the personal safety of British subjects in Chinas China's treaty ports |