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Show Forces Land for Security Washington Additional American froces were landed at Shanghai to aid in protecting the international settlement set-tlement from threatened mob outbreaks. out-breaks. The situation in Shanghai "Is now very tense," Admiral C. S. Williams, Wil-liams, commander of the Asiatic fleet, advised the navv department, and in expectancy of serious trouble the Japanese Jap-anese and British also h ive increased their forces ashore. Dispatch of the reinfroeements followed a demand ot the general labor union the.t all barricades barri-cades around the settlement be removed. re-moved. The demand, along with another an-other that striking public utilities workers b-j reinstated, has been ig aored by the municipal council. |