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Show JAPANESE LEGATION SHELTERING REBELS PEKING, Jan H' ( C crre.- nilem , of Associated Press.) The escape of General Hsu Shu-cheng. known as "Little Hsu," Houi th Japanese legation lega-tion compound and the fact (hat eight others of Ihe Anfu clique win, took refuge re-fuge there last summer are still bein i harbored under Japanese protection, has bQCJ the subject of frequent ex-' ex-' changes of communications betwee n the Chinese foreign office and the Japanese Jap-anese legation. Tbe present status Is a deadlock. I China protesting that there is no ad- in it ted precedent, for giving such refuge re-fuge to political ol fenders and de-' de-' manding surrender of tbe remain ing refugees. Japan dies precedents and declines to give up her proteges. I Dr. -Von, China's foreign minister, I has informed the Japanese that the j Chinese refugees "were regarded as having committee criminal as well a-1 a-1 political offenses," but the Japanese minister, Mr. Obata, replied that 0 criminal charge make-, no diff. rence as the Japanese' are sheltering Lb 1 refugees on political grounds. i |