As sharp fighting raged between Japanese and Chinese last week in Tientsin worried U. S. citizens in this great Chinese city decided they would be safer if they showed the Stars & Stripes, discovered that the only purchasable U. S. flags in town were all stamped "Made in Japan" and offered by genial dealers who had jacked up the price of a small flag from $1 to $3—about the weekly wage of a Tientsin coolie.
President Roosevelt meanwhile was taking no chances with U. S. warships in Chinese waters. The U. S. S....
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