Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
THREE MORE SHIPS
SENT TO HONOLULU
Light War Cruisers Dispatch
ed on Standby Orders,
Pending Shanghai Action.
BY the Associated Press.

by tho Associated Press
Despite reasonably hopeful pros
poets OF treaty negotiations with
China seen by Secretary Kellogg
three additional American warships
were dispatched to Honolulu yester.
day on standby orders.
They will be quickly available there
in the event of serious disorders at
Shanghai to supplement the naval
forces on the Chinese coast, to rush
Marines from the Philippines to
China, or to take aboard Americans
should evacuation of the international
settlement become necessary. Each
ship could land about $50 men from
it's own crew in an urgent emergency.
Two Now at Balboa.
The ships are the light cruisers
Cincinnati, Marblehead and Rich
mond, all modern high-speed vessels
of the 7,500-to class, with long cruis-
ing radius on Oil fuel. The first two
are now at Balboa, assigned to the
special service squadron commanded
by Rear Admiral Julian Latimer, in
personal charge of naval forces in
Nicaraguan waters. The Richmond is
at Guantanamo, Cuba and is assigned
to the scouting feet in the Atlantic.
The cruisers will assemble ir
Honolulu under the flag of Rear
Admiral John r. Y. Blakely. aboard
the Cincinnati as flagship. They viii
await orders for further movements
from Washington.
Admiral Blakely has the advantage
Of having received his instructions ir
person at the Navy Department. Ht
left Washington tonight for Sar
Francisco and. will sail February
from that port for Honolulu to as
sumo command of his emergency
squadron, which will be held at the
call Of Admiral Williams. commanding
the Asiatic fleet and in persona
charge at Shanghai.
No Word of Agreement.
Secretary Kellogg's hopes that there
will emerge from the Chinese civil wal
turmoil an agreement between the
factions on ways and means Of nego
tiating new treaties are founded or
no definite information that the Can
tonese and Picking governments arr
approaching such an understanding.
1t was reiterated at the State De
partment today that the Washington
Government Is ready at any moment
to enter negotiations with a Chinese
treaty commission upon which the
Nationalist government at Hankow
and the Picking government, dominat
ed by Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian mil
itary dictator, can agree, but that nc
official intimation has been received
that these two factions were contem
plating such an agreement. On the
contrary, each side has protested Wig
orously against any American treaty
dealings with the other side.
Resent DIR. SEE Action.
Mr.. Kellogg feels. however, that he
has made so plain in his recent state
ment both the friendly purposes to
ward China of the Washington Gov
eminent and it's desire to remain strict
ly neutral as between the Chinese fac
tons that there can be no mistake, on
either point among Chinese leaders.
There was some suggestion of re
sentiment at the State Department
over the action last night of DIR. Al
fred SEE, Chinese Minister, in demand
ing a more explicit and simplified dec
laration of American purposes, al
though department officials refused
to make any direct comment upon
the incident.