WAR IN CHINA.
CRRHON VOLUNTEERS FCEE GREAT CONTXAGRATIOTrS. XXCTTED CHINESE SOLDIERS. tB? Cable.—Press Association.— Copyrisirt.) 2 p.m.) PEKING, October 17. The diplomatic body at Peking hns instructed the Shanghai authorities to deport "little Hsu." He will probably be sent to Japan. The situation at Shanghai and in the ■vicinity is quiet. Heavy fighting continues on the Shan-lai-kwan front. An official message states that Chang Tso-lin's forces have been driven out beyond the Great Wall. A Mukden official telegram says that Chang Tso-lin'a troops occupied Shatn-hai-kwan yesterday. The merchant volunteers of Canton ■were defeated by the soldiers und fled. The defeat is largely due to conflagrations which swept thousands of buildings. The number of casualties is unknown. The soldiers slashed and stabbed the excited civilians. The people attempted to enter Sham-sen with their valuables, hirfc only properly authorised people were permitted to use it.— (Reuter.l
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 48 (Supplement)
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