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ftETV! TUEKI REPUBLICS TUNGANS TURN OUT MOSLEMS (Received February 23, 1 p.m.) '• CALCUTTA, February 22. The Moslem Government of the new Turki Republic has had a short existence. Several thousand Tungans besieged in the citadel of. Kashgar by Republican troops made a successful sortie at the weekend, simultaneously ■with an attack by a thousand Tungan-i troops on the flank of the Government forces, -who retired in disorder. Khojaniaz Haji, the President, and the Premier and members of the Government, -with, a number of troops, fled the ' country. , .... . No fighting or looting is reported in ! Kashgar. The Tungaus are believed i to favour a Chinese Republic. i
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 9
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108SHORT EXISTENCE Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 9
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