BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 9

BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.

NO CHANGE OF POLICY. (ADSTBALIAN AND IT.Z. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April 3. The "Observer's" diplomatic correspondent states that official quarters. explain that the dispatch of more troops to China does not foreshadow any change of policy. A distinction is made between the Nanking outrages and the general problem. The Nanking episode is regarded as merely an interruption of the major diplomacy, though so serious that the Government decided to exact redress elsewhere. It is pointed out that it is essential that there should be an adequate force on the spot when the demand is made for reparations for the Nanking outrage. The troops defending Shanghai cannot be withdrawn for duty ekewhere, and are none too numerous for the present policing work. FOREIGNERS IN FLIGHT. 7 OJHCIAL WIBELESS.) RUGBY, April 3. The exodus is proceeding. The remaining foreigners from Changsha have reached Hankow, At Wuhu a Spanish bishop* and 21 priests are now aboard the British cruiser Caradoc, to which the foreign- community was withdrawn During a demonstration yesterday at Kiukiang, which the American and Japanese communities are about to evacuate, serious warning _ was given jointly to the local authorities by the British. American end Japanese naval commanders and consuls. It has had a salutary effect in casing the situation. FRANCE'S PACIFIC POLICY. ("the times.") LONDON, April 3. The Paris correspondent of "The Times" says unofficial reports indicate that M. Briand professed that he was satisfied with France's position in China, before the Foreign Affairs Committee, on the grounds that France s policy of neutrality enabled her representatives to negotiate with anybody and everybody. He is reported to have declared that Franco had refused the British invitation to participate in joint action, and expressed satisfaction that the French Government was not implicated in the Nanking; bombardment. JAPANESE CLASH. WITH MOB. (Sidjjxt "Sua" Sibvicb.) SHANGHAI. April 3. It is reported from Hankow that Japanese bluejackets clashed with a mob of Chinese, and the evacuation of all Japanese from the Concession has been ordered.