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Show BRITIISH AND AMERICAN H CONFLICT OVER AUTHORITY jH Canton, China ( March 19. A con- flict of opinion has arisen between j Leo Allen Bergholne, American con- sill general here, and the British con- iH sul general on the question of inter- jH national action. The senior naval of- jH fleer of the United States gunboat H Wilmington is in command of th,e for- cign naval forces, which a British of,- ficcr holds the foreign settlement of fl Shah Meen with a force consisting of for-flifths British and one-fifth H French troops. jjH Tho situation has become so ser- IH ious that a telegram has Lften sent to Hong Kong asking for advice, and in response Commodore Cresswcll J. tH Eyres, the British naval officer in H charge at Hong Kong, is on his way H here. |