CHINA: Dr. Sun's Worries

¶Outside Canton were assembled, cleared for action, a flotilla of foreign warships. They were there to protect the Customs House which Dr. Sun threatened to seize (TIME, Dec. 10).

¶Off Shameen (foreign section of Canton), were five British gunboats, two French and one Portuguese warships. French bluejackets were landed and occupied the post office without resistance. The men were landed there to thwart Dr. Sun in case he decided to resort to force and to protect the foreign population.

¶The Diplomatic Corps in Peking decided to wash its hands of the dispute between...

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