Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Nav Abandon Service.
BRITISH SUPPORT KELLOGG.
Cabinet Expected to Approve Ameri.
can Proposal Today.

LONDON, February P).-Today' $
cabinet session, called to consider the
Chinese crisis, was expected to ap-
prove the proposal of the American
Secretary of State to the warning Chi
nese factions, THAT the international
settlement at Shanghai be excluded
from the area of armed conflict so
that American citizens and other for
eigners may receive adequate pro-
lection"
It was stated in Downing Street
that the British government heartily
supports the American view as in
coordination with the British policy,
which is to insure the safety of the
foreigners in Shanghai
The Kellogg proposal raised a num-
Der of questions in the cabinet, one
of which is whether foreign military
support would be needed TO back up
the declaration of neutralized
Shanghai.
Fear Shanghai Rabble.
There is strong opinion in Great
Britain that the chief threat to
Shanghai would be from the rabble of
defeated Chinese army or looting by
a victorious army, and that something
more than q proclamation of neutral
ity is needed to deal with such dan
gers. 1t Is emphasized. however,
that the British government fully
sympathizes with the principle of the
American suggestion.
The cabinet also was expected to act
today on the all-important question of
whether the British military and naval
expedition now on the way to the Far
East will be DETECTED from Shanghai,
as requested by Eugene Chen, foreign
minister Of the Nationalist, or Can
tOneSe government.
Ramsay Macdonald wishes the Brit
ish government to recall troops from
China.
His demand was cheered last night
at a demonstration in Albert Hall,
where British labors displeasure over
this country's attitude toward China
was emphasized.
Friendly Negotiations Urged.
In demanding that troops be re-
called, former Premier Macdonald ex-
pressed the belief that an hours
friendly negotiations with Chen, the
Cantonese foreign minister at Han
kow, would be worth IAN army corps
in China" Referring to the "inflam-
matory" speeches of the chancellor OF
the exchequer, Winston Churchill, he
hoped they did not represent the gov
ernment's policy and that they would
be disavowed by the government
Since offensive anti-British posters
have disappeared from the walls Of
the Hankow concession, it is believed
here that there need be no fear of an
immediate recrudescence of anti Brit
ish demonstrations.
Schools Taken for Hospitals.
HONGKONG, February R.-As
another step toward the concentration
of British troops in China, arrange
ments were completed today for the
taking over of two large schools here
and in Kowloon as additional military
hospitals
The PeninSular Hotel Building at
Kowloon and the -four mills at Junk
Bay will be used to quarter part Of
the troops, which will arrive shortly.
Russians Reported Massing.
PEKING, February 7 R).-Marshal
Chang Tsolin's chief of staff and
right-hand man, Yang Yun-ting, has
telegraphed insistently from Mukden
urging his chief to return there imme-
diately
One reason for his action is believed
to be persistent reports of Soviet troop
concentrations on the Manchurian
frontier. Reports of such troop move
ments have reached Picking from
numerous sources, although a recent
Warsaw dispatch, stating that Rus
sian soldiers were marching toward
Kalgan, China, was discredited, owing
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