PEKIN ISOLATED
CAUSE NOT ASCERTAINED
CITY UNDER. CONTROL OF CHRISTIAN GENERAL. SHANGHAI, Oct. 23. An American naval wireless message* received from.-Pekin this evening con-, firms the statement that the city ia completely isolated as ffir ns telegraph and railways am concerned. Tho cause has net been ascertained. The message adds :■ “The city, which is under the control' of the Christians., general, Fengyuhslang, is peacenik and there is no cause for alarm.” It is regarded as significant that* General Feiqgyuhsiang should liava returned to- Pekin from the front.. He possesses- two of the best fighting divisions in China, and there- havo been rumors of strained relations be-, tween him and Wupeifu.—Reuter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9845, 25 October 1924, Page 5
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