CHINESE WAR.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1924, Page 2

CHINESE WAR.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

ICBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. CHINESE FIGHTING. PEKING, September 10. I.u Yung Hsiang has announced definitely that lie will hold out on the llioangtii l.uilio line, making his headquarters at Lunghera arsenal. There was heavy lighting during the whole of to-day al both llwangtu and Luilio.

PROGRESS OK REBELLION. PEKING, September If). ( hang Tsolin, telegraphing to Son Vat Sen states he is sending 180 thousand troops to Peking hy six different route. Chang considers this an opportune moment for striking the enemy a crushing flow. He says the enemy’s seasoned troops have been withdrawn northward from Yangtso so if the s southern troops move northward Wuchang will he captured without difficulty. Latest news from. Shanghai indicat- „ es Chekiang armies are undermined hy • Jhrihery and large transfers to the other side have taken place, and Chekiang is on the verge of collapse.

HEAVY FIGHTING: PEKING; September 20. According to reports from Shanghai the boom of the guns was clearly heard this morning. This does not moan the Ki angs u troops are nearer the city, hut that they are bringing up more guns. There has very heavy lighting all night. Lu’s Shantung forces are still holding out. A a Lu cannot obtain reinforcements, he soon will have to shorten his line. Tientsin reports that Cluing Tso Liu’s artillery yesterday shelled Sluing liaikuan. A Chinese hanker was killed. Foreign residents telegraphed tlie Consul and protested. Al iikdcit reports an engagement between Cluing Tso Lin’s second army aild enemy forces near Jcjtol. H leMilted in the Hight of n whole Club Li lilixed brigade. The entire line from Chingeliow to Chiaoyang .as well as Suiciding, has been occupied hy Chang Tso Lin’s troops. An aeroplane dropped a bomb between two foreign ships anclunod nc.u the Chinivang breakwater. No damage was done. Shanghai reports state the French Consul-General there lias issued rifles, ammunition and hand grenades to 00 Russian cadets stationed at the French concession, who saw active service in Siberia. According to Mukden reports in response to an anneal by Chang Tso Lin for volunteers, .500 Russians enlisted, and more are expected to join him.