ALARM IN THE CITY
SHARP FIGHTING POSSIBLE,
(Australian-New Zealand Cable Assn.) (Beceived 3rd April, noon.) PEKIN, 2nd April. Prominent Chinese have sought safety in the Legation Quarter jn account of the increased fear throughout the city that the negotiations for the transfer of Pekin from the Nationalist defenders to the opposing Coalition army, principally controlled by Marshal Chang Tso Lin would fail, in which CBse there is likely to "be sharp flght'ing for the possession of the city. The Nationalists are. withdrawing some troops from Pekin, but only the less disciplined soldiers are being permitted to leave, while picked troops are forming a compact ring around the capital.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 7
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108ALARM IN THE CITY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 7
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