New Britain herald., 1927-01-24
Declares Ability to En-
 force Its Will and Offers to Negotiate Separate Treaties With Foreign Powers.
In Meantime Anti-Europe- an Outrages Continue and Foreign Concessions at Shanghai Are Under Strong Guard.

Hankow, Jan. 24 Pl-The Nation alist government, in a manifesto is sued today, proclaimed its inability to enforce it's will in nationalist China and invited the powers to join it in negotiating new treaties with economic and territorial integrity a. their basis. The following are ex- tracts from the declarations: The leading assumption of all British and other foreign declara- tions of policy in regard to China is that she is unable to look after her own interests and that pursuan, to the spirit of the Washington con- ference the powers must enter into self-denying ordinances regarding China in order to safeguard her in- tegrity and independence promote her political development, rehabili- tation and her finances.
 This is not true of nationalist China. Today this new China is strong and conscious of its power, its ability through economic means to enforce it's will on Chinese soil against any power.
 The question then is not what Great Britain and other powers may ! wish to grant China to meet Iegiti- mate aspirations in the Chinese na- tion,' but what nationalist China may justly grant Great Britain and the other powers"
 This great, impressive fact must be grasped.
 Protest Own Power. To-day effective protection of for eign life and property does not stand and can no longer stand on foreign bayonets and foreign gunboats be- cause the arm of the Chinese nation- alist-the economic weapon--is more puissant than any engine of war fare than foreigners can devise.
 "The British in particular must understand that the forces in the present revolutionary situation are handing over protection of foreign life and property to the government that derives it's authority from those in whose hands is centered power that can paralyze the economic life of the foreign nationals in China.
 Tt is. however. the view of the nationalist government that libera- ton of China from the yoke of for eign imperialism need not necessar- fly involve any armed conflict be- tween Chinese nationalism and for eign powers. For this reason the nationals, government prefers to have all questions outstanding be- tween nationalist China and foreign powers settled by negotiation. It is this sense that the nationalist minis ter of foreign affairs indicated as the policy of the nationalist govern ment to the American minister when the latter visited Canton last au- tumn, and the same policy has again been indicated to the new British minister. the Japanese representa- tive and the representative of the American minister.
 Offer to Make Treaties. Tn order to prove that this is not an idle statement of policy the na- tionalist government hereby declares its readiness to negotiate separately with any powers for the settlement of treaty and other cognate ques- tions on the basis of economic equal ity and mutual respect for each oth- CTS political and territorial sov- ereignty."
 England Is Ready. London, Jan. 24 (UP)-Great Britain today was ready with 16,oo0 troops, marines and sailors, to meet the nationalist problem in China which was construed here as menac ing British lives and property. What were believed to be com plete reports of troops and naval movements and orders here and in India, Malta, Hongkong and Gibral- | tar indicated that 12 battalions of British and Indian troops had been ordered to China or were en route there. and in addition an armored car section of the tank corps and naval units were under similar in- structions.
 The submarine X-l. reputsdly the largest in the world. left Portsmouth today to join the Mediterranean | fleet at Malta.
 Refugees streamed into Shanghai from the interior of China and for eign warships converged on that rich port from the high seas. For eign concessions at Shanghai were under guard owing to labor disor- ders and the uneasiness was accen- tuated by the Cantonese defeat of the Chimes defenders of Shanghai at Lanchi, 100 miles southwest.
 British business houses at Han kow opened today.
 Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, of Man churia. charged that the Cantonese represented Bolshevism.
 Eugene Chen. Cantonese foreign minister. offered to negotiate with tho foreign powers on . basis Of