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April 2, 1927

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WARSHIPS GET NEW ORDERS; Placed Now in All Treaty Ports, They Will Silence Attacks on Them. ACTIVE ROLE FOR MARINES General Butler Is Authorized to Put Them Into Front Line Defenses if Needed. INTERIOR SITUATION WORSE Conditions at Chang-sha and Chung-king Are Critical and Hankow Outbreaks Feared.

By Frederick Moore.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times

Misquoting of Pres Coolidge in Shanghai on Nanking incident leads to White House rejoinder; Minister MacMurray takes part in Peking parley with members of diplomatic corps over demands on Canton; British Cabinet approves note, formulating Nanking demands to Canton, and plans course of action; note sent to Washington and Tokio; Kuo Tai-chi, Gen Chiang Kai-shek's Foreign Comr, tells Consuls that Nanking incident is being investigated and promises indemnity if Cantonese are found to have been responsible, but may make counter claims for bombardment; Amer legation and consulates urge action if demands are not complied with; situation at Chung-king, Changsha and Wuhu; Gen Liu Hsian says foreign property will be protected; Amer consulate at Chungking closed; evacuation of foreigners from various points; all Meth missionaries, except R H Brown at Wuhu, are withdrawn from central area; A L Warnshius says reports of anti-foreignism are exaggerated; dispatches on situation to U S Navy and State Depts

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Carmen Basilio

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Bo Callaway

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Rita Gam

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Billy Pierce

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Kenneth Tynan

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