CHINA
WHOLESALE CONSCRIPTION.
TYRANNY OF TROOPS
MANjY PEOPLE FLEEING
b: cable—press association—cobybighi _ PEKING, Sept. 1. There has been a merciless wholesale inscription everywhere in the war ?rea, farmers, labourers, .coolies and •ihy man fit to fight being pressed into service at Nanking and other towns. a The better classes everywhere are fleeipg where possible. Houses, furniture, implements, boats and everything commandeerable have been commandeerd, and complete tyranny exer- ; cised by the troops wherever they go. Lu-Yung-Hsiang’s forces cut the Shanghai-Nanking railway fifteen miles from Shanghai, and rail communication with is broken. Clhi-Hieh-|l ian ® outposts are pushing nearer Shanghai, but so far'there has been no fighting. . Advices from Fochow state that Chi-Hieh-Yuan is ready to advance to Shanghai. A decisive move i 6 exa few days. ■ Chi commands 100,000 troops which, if necessary, can be .increased by agreement. Cum-Wu-Pei-Fu also possesses several YiekersVimy . aeroplanes with foreign pilots; including six Frenchmen. Thirty-two cylinders arrived here yesterday.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 September 1924, Page 5
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154CHINA Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 September 1924, Page 5
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