CHINESE CIVIL WAR.

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1922, Page 5

CHINESE CIVIL WAR.

U.S.A. TROOPS LAND. [A. and N. Z. Cable Association! WASHINGTON, May I. The State Department is advised that additional American forces from the cruiser Albany have been sent to Pekin, and another gunboat is going to Tientsin. JAPAN’S NEUTRALITY. BENEVOLENT TO WU PEI FU. TOKIO, May 1. Orders have been issued to the Japanese Governor at Tsingtao to prevent the landing at Mukden of a force of Chinese for the purpose of attacking General Wu P-ei Fu, through Shantung. It is reported that a large Mukden force is afloat destined for Tsingtao. The Japanese Government is determined to preserve their neutrality, but it is stated, from reliable sources, that Dr Sun Kat Sen (Southern Leader) is raising a loan of £20,000,000 sterling, pledging a railway, mining, and lottery concession in South China to Japan. GOVERNMENT’S DIFFICULTIES. FOREIGN THREATS AND RETREAT. PEKIN, May 1. Chang Tso. Li’in’s forces turned back a train, carrying American Embassy officials to Mukden. The Foreign Powers protested to President Chang against blocking the railways, staring it is a violation of the 1900 Protocol. Wu Pei Fu’s army has reached a point on the railway between Pekin and Tientsin; other forces are marching across the country to attack Chang Tso Lin south of Tientsin. The fighting around Pekin is diminished as the result of Chang’s retirement. The wounded and dead found outside the? city indicate the fiercest fighting. PEKIN’S SAFETY GUARANTEED. BY BOTH ARMIES. NEW YORK. May 1. The Chinese delegation hrs announced that Generals Wu Pie Fu and Chang Tsoi in, commanders of the opposing armies, have agreed to exclude Pekin and Tseintsin from the field of military operations. This is according to advices received from the Chinese Government. NEW YORK, May 2. The Chicago 11 Tribune’s ’’ Tokio correspondent states the Japanese have followed the example of the British in recalling their aviation instructors from Murkden.