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Show POLICE BY RUSE PEACE TREATY Chinese Named to Be Held for Murder in Event of More Killings SAN FRANCISCO Calif.. Aug. 7 Patriarchs and long leaders of San Francisco's China town after 17 months of Intermittent warfare have ratified a new tteaty to maintain peace. But contrary to precedent, the lesting place of this agreemenl will be not in the secluded retreat of some powerful tong but in the archives o: the police department After the official representatives of four of the largest tongs had drafted and signed the articles of peace, the Chinatown police squad Stepped unheralded un-heralded into ti e sanctum oT the conference. con-ference. "Gentlemen of the tongs.'' the sergeant ser-geant iw charge began "you have signed and seal d the peace treaty Now I am going io hike the document with me under the promise that it shall not be opened until warfare again breaks out among you "And. if any one is killed, every one whose name appears on the articles will be held In connection with the murder." Then with a "farewell, gentlemen." the sergeant and his men left the hall. |