WAR IN CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 225, 22 September 1924, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA.

I I GUNS HEARD IN SHANGHAI. I TROOPS ACTIVELY ENGAGED. [ j * PEKIXG. September 10. ■■ r j According to reports from Shanghai j h i the boom of guns was clearly heard this t morning- This does not mean that the |"■ i Kiangsu troops are near the city, but |c I that they are bringing up more guns. [■" There has been heavy fighting all J : night. General Lv Yung Hsiang's Shantung forces are still holding out. As ,Lv cannot obtain reinforcements, how- c j ever, he will soon have a shorter line. ' Tientsin report? that Marshal (.hang J I Tso-lin"s artillery yesterday shelled ' | Shanghai-kuan. A Chinese banker was - j killed. The foreign residents tele- ] i graphed to the Consul and protested. ' I Mukden reports state that an engagement between Chang Tso-lin's second i army and the northern forces near Jehol ' resulted in the flight of the whole of the ' i Chihli mixed brigade. ' i The entire line from Chingchow to ' j Chaotang. as well as Suichung. i« now < .! occupied by Chang Tso-lin's troops, j Lv Yung Hsiang announces definitely | I that he will hold out on the Hwanghu- • Liuho line, making his headquarters at ' ! the Ltinghua arsenal. There was heavy ' f fighting during the whole of to-day at i ; both Hwanctu and Liuho. : : An aeroplane dropped a bomb between iitwo foreign ships which were anchored near the Chinwans breakwater. Peking. ■i Xo damage was done. : i Shanghai reports state that tlie French i! Consul-General has issued rifles, am- . j munition and hand genades to 60 •Russians cadets stationed at the French > Concession, who have seen active service .; in Siberia. -1 According to Mukden reports, in rei j sponse to an appeal by Chang Tso-lin rfor volunteers 500 Russians have eni listed nnder his flag and more are ext pected to join him.— ißeutar and "Sun.'*) j TO SUBJUGATE CHANG. c WU PEI-FITS INTENTIONS. .Received 11.30 a-m.. i- PEKIXG, September 21. I '" Wu Pei-fu. interviewed, declared nisi v determination to subjugate Chang-30-lin n and eliminate him as the ruler of Man- j d churia, and re-establish the authority of j 5 the Central Government, c He is preparing an army of 200,000 a men, with four squadrons of aeroplanes t and combined navies to attack Chang.— n (Reuter! i ii nj A FIGHT FOR LIFE. 5 CHANG AND FOREIGNERS. Ie * PEKIXG. September 21. At a meeting called by Marshal Chang ' Tso-lin at Mukden, at which the consul ! and other foreigners were present, Chang said that his protection for all foreigners and their property, was : adequate as long as he held hi 3 position jin Manchuria. He asked all foreigners to leave Chinwangtoo station, the '! enemy stronghold, as he intended to .. ■ bomb it. ?j Chang also asked that the foreign gun boats at Shan_hai-knan and Chinwangtoo ! should be ordered to stand clear, as he j intended to bomb the enemy gunboats | there. He added that he was fighting hi tor his life and the security of Man--1 churia. Therefore he would not stop short at half measures. —(Reuter.)