PANIC IN CHINA
. " A BIG BATTLE EXPECTED. (United Service Telegrams). LONDON, July 12. The “Daily Mail” Tientsin correspondent reports tho position is worse. Three thousand Tuanchijui troops are confront ing an army commanded by Tsackim Wupeifu at Ting-Ching, fifty-four miles south-west of Pekig. An early battle is expected. A panic prevails in Peking. Martial law has been proclaimed. Terror stricken Chinese are leaving the city, thousands pouring into Tientsin owing to Tuanchijui’s bellicose bloodthirsty attitude. Troops compelled the stop, page of all trains. Tho American authorities have ordered the evacuation of white residents in Paotingfu district. Peking reports state ten thousand troops have arrived as a body-guard for the Emperor. The population have lost their heads. Hordes are storming the hospitals and foreign hotels for refuge. Business is at a standstill. LONDON, July 11. Military circles regard the situation as serious. Tuanchijui is credited with having monarchial Imperial ambitions. He is the most powerful man in China. The Emperor is a mere puppet. It is believed tho Legation forces are sufficiently powerful to protect English residents.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1920, Page 1
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