CRITICAL STAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 9

CRITICAL STAGE.

CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.!! — ! Abdication of Governor of J ] Shanghai. ggS CHUAN-PANG DEPARTS. I] — i ,nr cable.— Ccrjright.—Press Association.) j ( ' I (Received 10.30 a.m.) I LONDON, February 23. j The " Tirue-'Peking correspon- 1 ien t reports that General Sun Chuan- i fang has abdicated. I The Kiangsu army commander, Liu ( gsiang-ting. is reorganising the remnant s 0 f Sun's force?. 3 With the arrival Liu Hsiang-ting from 1 Shantung, accompanied by a fresh brigade of Shantungese, the long expected s entry of the Northern forces into Southern Kiangsu has commenced, but j Whether they will oppose or join the Cantonese is problematical. j Masses of Shantungese have crossed the Yangtse and entrained for Shanghai. 1 jhev are preparing also to ship an ; ' armoured train. It is stated that the Cantonese and i Shantungese commanders have arranged that Shanghai shall be a neutral area, j Furthermore, the son of Marshal Chang 1 Tso-lin (••Red'' commander), General Chang Hsueh-liang. has agreed to divide the Shanghai surtaxes with the Can- j tonese in exchange for the governorship 1 of Kiangsu. j ;