Show WARSHIPS MOVE TOWARD CHINA GHIN WITH TROOPS NURSES CALLED GALLED Britain Mobilizes l Forces In Policy to Protect Holdings LIKE E V WAR IVAR AR PERIOD Statement of America 1 Policy Expected Front From Secretary Kellogg SHANGHAI SIL Jan 16 Ir G-Ir The As Associated As Clat Press Press- Press Heavy conc concentration of Can Cm Cantonese nationalist govern OTero ment troops hll which 11 Is la reported on the provinCe front ha has liaa caused e In Shanghai allo Nationalists Interpret the concentration as ns a n part vart of a supreme effort to be made 11 by the Ii Cantonese oc to capture Shall Shanghai before th the lie majority of the lie forces of army a al 1 1111 men arrive e pt ft the end of oC February It Is also o 81 0 feared fearN that liat the n lie of Punjabi to- to to tomorrow morrow from froni ill iii provoke the match that will tight light I u ai new siew foreign anti-foreign cs- cs es especially antl I tion In tn tim llio th provinces held by 1 bylie the lie In- In In Include clude- clude about half baIt of all 1111 China In Mew of thi danger acid ml time the threat that bat the national national- nationalists nationalists will overrun and province in the lat hat hatter lat latter ter or of which iiIi Is sll- sll sit situated the p possible necessity of American omen and nd children chUden from froni thc I o pros pro provinces inces Is under tinder careful consul consid- rillon LONDON Jan Dy 26 2 By The Tile As- As As Associated Iress Prest British land and amI naval forces are converging on China as a a a a demonstration of readi- readi readi readiness ness fleas to protect British life an and l property should they be placed In jeopardy through belligerent act acl by the Chinese When the fighting ships s ordered to proceed to Chinese waters from Crom the various arlous naval na bases bases- of oC the British Isles the East Indies and th the Mediterranean join warships already on the scene there ther will wilt be assembled the most flotilla of oC fighting units unit since sinco the armistice ende ended coded l the World orld war iu in 1918 Estimates of oC the total number ot oC effectives which will then be ready for eventualities e both oa oaland o oland land and l sea place them at be bc between bc tween and The laud land l forces will be under command ot oC Major General John Johi Joh Duncan had potable notable service In the World war He left lett for tor the far East yes yesterday aboard the transport Me Me gantic just as 1000 marines s were leaving lea Portsmouth for tor ShanghaI Slin Before the end of the tho week It Is expected that list more than lii In Infantrymen will wilt be bo en route to China CALLED O It Is thought likely that orders will be given to a 0 like number ut of nurses most of oC women front from the military hospitals to be pre pre- prepared pre prepared pared to co so with the Infantry bri- bri brigades bri brigade gade gades either on the ho sauce same am or oth oUt oUt- oUter rr oth-rr er transports transport The Tho ho hospital ls Maine is Is being refitted at al Malta anti and soon wll be on the tho way to the China station At Chatham nino destroyers are aro preparing to salt sail I probably within a II fortnight fo four r I cruisers are arc steaming front from the Mediterranean two are 1110 from trum the East Indies Indie while tho th destroyers Wanderer and and the gunboats Aphis and ami Lady Lally LadyBird have havo left lUt Malta to b be III ic shortly by the lh cruIser Dauntless Among Amons the th fighting units unit alra at China stations are ar six rix vessels othe t the fifth cruiser squadron eight of oC the third destroyer flotilla IU 1 fifteen gunboats gunboat sun of oC the tho and West Vest flotilla lotilla together with submarines Attendant chips a mine min sweeper and an carrier the Hermes STILL II E HOPE nOPE Although going coins steadily ahead with the th preparations the offIcials of the th government ba have havo e not lo lost t hope that an settlement be b reached and that it IL will not be necessary to resort to arms Eugene Chen the Cantonese for tor- foreign for eign minister and the tho British charge Mr are ar still en- en engaged en in negotiations at Hanko where an attack by coolies on the British concession several veral weeks week's ago brought on the lh th present crisis Official dispatches made mado public hero here have not sIted shed any uy light on th the progress ot of their discussions T AWAITED AW WASHINGTON Jan 26 Dy 2 ByTh The Tho Associated J ress Press promised Chinese Chines policy which will bo be b In the nature of uC a reply to tu pOlky policy sug- sug suggestion sug suggestion advanced by Great Britain la 18 being awaited with added inter Inter- Interest interest est eat here her In view v of oC o the White WhiteHouse House llo forecast of a divergence bo- bo between b tween the two viewpoints viewpoint While hilo It 1 I is the tho American gov- gov gov government Intention to afford full protection to American lives live an and 1 property In tho the Chinese factions I fighting and during any for anti antl eign disorders President Coolidge believes there lies its tome some ground for Cor with with England as toh to h hio policy In the fact tact that the latter has bas extensive territorial aloes In lit China while this country not J |