SHANTUNG TROOPS
MUTINY IN PEKIN
Australian Press Association.
PBKIN, 2nd -March,
Tho city experienced another panic this morning. A regiment of former Shantung troops, incorporated at the close of the recent hostilities in the Nationalist army, mutinied 'in the vicinity of Lama Temple. They manned that section of the city walls and commenced shooting at anything and anybody, halting business and traffic. ■'■■'■;■
Loyalist troops surrounded the isolated temple and quelled the revolt and 'disarmed- the mutineers. The number of casualties is -unobtainable.
The district condoned the- uprising which is believed to- be part of the former Shantung war lord, Chang Chung-chang's attempt' to regain power. Precautions aro being taken wlicreever Shantungese 'troops are stationed.
At Chefoo the situation remains quiet.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 9
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SHANTUNG TROOPS
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 9
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