PEKIN STILL QUIET

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 9

PEKIN STILL QUIET

ENTRY OF SOUTHERNERS PRECEDENCE TO FENG LINES INTEERTJPTED British Official Wireless. KUGBY, Bth Juno. Telegraph and telephone communication between Pekin and tho outside world is interrupted and little news of the situation is available. The latest information is that, the city continues quiet, although a tense atmosphere exists. The entry of the Southerners is imminent, and the Shansi troops and the Kuo-Min-Chun troops of General Feng Yu-hsiang are outside the Wall. According to the latest information from Pekin, which was dated yesterday, the Shansi troops of Yen were then outside the north gate of the city, and the Kuo-Min-Chun troops of Feng Yuhsiang outside the southern gate. Doubt existed in the city as to which troops would enter. The reported intention of the Nanking authorities was to allocate the Capital to Yen, but the latter is considered unlikely to dispute Feng's desire to take over control. Consequently it is anticipated that the Kuo-Min-Chun would enter to-day with the troops which have previously been quartered in Pekin, and which are reported to be well disciplined. Yesterday the city gates remained closed, and the evacuation of the remaining Northern forces in. the city was proceeding without interference from tho Southerners. Meanwhile tho city remains quiet, with police patrolling the streets.