NATIONALISTS ENTER SHANGHAI
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(AusiraliKn and N.Z. Presa Association.)
YERY TENSE POSITION. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES A J2T7. STBONGLY GUARDED.
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SHANGHAI, March 21. The city virtually passed under Nationalist coxxtroi this morning without any fxghting, the outcoxne of an arrangement between General Pihshihchuen, commanding the Shantungites and the Cantonese leaders. The vanguard of the Cantonese forces is still Ilve miles south. In the foreign settlements tE»c situation is tense. The entire Shanghai defence force and the militax-y and naval poliee have been mobilised in anticipation of x'iotous celebrations. A later message states that ihe Southern troops are now entering the city, General Pihishichuen having thrown in his hand and is reported to have taken refuge in the French concession. The southerners captured Changchow, forty miles north-west of Soochow. thus cutting raihvay communications with Shanghai
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17164, 22 March 1927, Page 5
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135NATIONALISTS ENTER SHANGHAI North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17164, 22 March 1927, Page 5
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