CHINESE UPHEAVAL

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1922, Page 5

CHINESE UPHEAVAL

FIERCE FIGHTING. RAILWAYS BLOCKED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopyrightPeking, May 1. Chang Tso Lin’s forces tunned back the train carrying the American Embassy officials to Mukden. The foreign Powers have protested to Chang against the blocking of the railways, stating that it is a violation of the 1900 protocol. Wu Pie Fu’s army lias reached a point on the railway between Peking and Tientsin. Other forces are marching across country to attack Chang Tso Lin south of Tientsin. The fighting around Peking has diminished as the result or Chang’s retirement. The wounded and dead found outside the city indicate the fiercest fighting. AMERICAN FORCES LANDED. Washington, May 1. The State Department has advised that additional American forces from the cruiser Albany have been sent to Peking. Another gunboat is going to Tientsin. PROTECTING THE CAPITAL. GUARANTEE FROM GENERALS. Received May 2, 8.10 p.m. Washington, May 1. The Chinese delegation has announced that Generals Wupeifu end Chang Tsolin have agreed to exclude Peking and Teintsin from the field of their military operations. This is according to advices received, from the Chinese Government. ATTITUDE OF JAPAN. POLICY OF NEUTRALITY. Received May 2, 8.10 p.m. New York, May 2. The Chicago Tribune’s Tokio correspondent states the Japanese have followed the example of the British in recalling her aviation instructors from the Mukden army attached to General ; Chang’s headquarters. Orders have been issued to the Japanese Governor at Tsingtao to exercise the strictest precautions to prevent the landing at Mukden of a force for the purpose of attacking Wupeifu through Shantung. The Japanese Government is determined to preserve the strictest neutrality, but it is reported Sun Yat Sen is attempting to raise a twenty million dollar loan at Osaka, pledging railway and mining concessions in South China.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.