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Show CHAFFEE FtECUMMENDB 1 WITHOPJAWAL OF TROOPS, The "Till Iteiaaln. Ilnweter, I nlll Condi. I lion. Am alnro nettled. I Major (irneral Chaffee has reeoro-. mended that the I nlted States troops I now In China be withdrawn so soon as all lhe Americana In I'ekln hate reached plarea of aafety The president and all tha membera of the administration are antloua to get the troops out of China at the earliest possible date, but it can be said on authority that there will be no Im mediate withdrawal of American forcea unless there Is an Immediate change of condition. 1 here la a disposition In administration administra-tion circles to belleto that General DRI0 0RN. ADNA R. CHAPFEB. Chaffro'a recommendation waa baaed on military considerations alone, and that he did not lake political positions Into consideration, but there Is reason lo think that hla dispatch waa suit alter consultation with minor gtncrala. |