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MAY SEND j. 8.
TROOPS TO CHINA
SITUATION Is GROWING SERIOUS
AND PRESIDENT TAFT CONFERS
WITH SECRETARY KNOX,
SOLDIERS ARE READY
British admiral Says Joint Action is
Necessary and All Nations Inter-
eSted Should Send Troops.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE situation
in China demanded today a conference
between the President and Secretary
Knox, in view, 1t is understood, of an
nt ernational exchange of opinion as
to the great problems before the nat
ions having interests in that Empire.
1t is known that about ten days ago
tie British admiral in charge of Great
Britain's affairs in CHM telegraphed
mis- home government indicating that
Joint action would be necessary and
also that it would be we'll for every
nation Interested to send about 1900
troops to keep open the line OF conf
munication between the sea and Pek-
in.
While no comms ut for publication is
as yet made on the subject Of the rec
ognition of the new growing power in
China, it is felt among the diplomats
that the question of such recognition
is thing Of the near future.
The demands of the regime We're for
the first time made clear to admins
tration officials by WI King Fang in
his message to William Randolph
Hearst.
The custom of the Department al
Ways has been to recognize "a new gov
+ eminent CT new regime when ever it
has established defacto existence.
The Depal tment officials are aware Of
tie great progress the revOlutiOnists
are making in China and they know
there have been sufficient develop
ments to bring up the question acute
ly in the form of an answer to WI
King Fang, who says:
CAS- the Republic Of China it now
asks such recognition by the civilizs 4
lowers"
The problem before Secretary OF
State Knox is not the one which oc-
! GUS when there is revolution in Nj
caragua or Portugal. England, France,
Germany, Russia, Portugal, the Meth
erlands and the United States itself
IL. We tremendous personal interests M
the Chinese Empire and it will require
the NEST skillful diplomacy to rear
.ange cond tons with the prospective
Republic of China. 1t is for this rea-
sen that the message of WI King
Fang, the director of Chinese Foreign
..ffairs. was read in Washington today
with all the interest that the great
| subject and it's able author dem nded.
The State Department officials have
not reached tie point yet, according to
Their statemc nts today, when they eaii
with propriety discuss prospective re-
lations with new power in China. II
is certain however, that when the in.
ternational joint army she II be in con
troll of the railroads and telegraph
lines from the coast to Pekin, the State
Department will begin to deal wit
the regime described today by WI Kin.
Fang.
The State Department is holding thu
transport Sherman at Manila re- dy tt
take 1900 troops at a moments no
tice to the Chinese coast to be march
ed to the city of Tien Ts;n. The She :
man can carry mere than 5000 SOL
diers and it is expected that more tEan
the original estimate of 1900 men Will
be sent to Tien Tsin. The situation
in Chin, as de- scribed by officials mere,
is one of tremendous potentialities. In
other words, there may be dramatic
development at any moment.