SHANGHAI ZONE
NEUTRALTY PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, sth February.
The State Department confirms reports from China that the American Minister (Mr. J. V. A. Mac Murray) had proposed to the warring Chinese factions that the Chinese International Settlement should be exempted from the zone of military operations. The result of Mr. MaeMurray's presentation of the plan to Marshal Chang Tso-lin has not
yet been receiv-
cd. The Cantonr. J. V. A. Mac Murray. ese fore«s are understood to avour the proposal, though no definite ssurances have been given yet. The proposal is not technically a neutralisation plan, because it does not specify guarantees for the zone, nor provide for the evacuation of the native city of Shanghai by the Conservative forces of Marshal Sun, ally of Chang Tso-lin, but it is believed the arrangement would lessen the danger to foreigners from the 'anticipated battle between the Conservatives and Nationalists.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 9
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