Panic in Peking.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 178, 13 July 1920, Page 5

Panic in Peking.

POPULATION TERROR STRICKEN. tuanchlh rs force approaching. MOST POWERFUL MAN IN CHINA. thy Cable. -Preus Association.— Copyright.) London, .July 12. The “Pally Mail’s” Tientsin correspondent reports the position as worse. I’hree thousand Tuanchijui's troops are confronting an array commanded by Tsackitn Uupeifn at Tingelung, fiftyfour miles south-west Or Pekin. An earlv battle is expected. Panic prevails in Pekin and martial law has been proclaimed. The terror-stricken Chinese are leaving the city in thousands and pouring into Tientsin and Tuanchijui. The bellicose and bloodthirsty attitude of the troops compelled the stoppage of all traips. The American authorities ordered the evacuation of white residents in the Pactingfor district. Pekin reports state that 10,000 troops arrived as a bodyguard for the Emperor. The population lost their heads, hordes storming the hospitals and foreign hotels for refuge. Business is at a standstill. . London military circles regard the situation as serious. Itianchijui is credited with being of monarchical and imperial ambitions and the most powerful man in China. The Emperor is a mere puppet. It is believed tne Legation forces are sufficiently powerful to protect the English residents. — (United Service).

SKIRMISHES OCCUR. ALARM DEPRECATED. (Received 13,9.10 a.m.) 'HenfSm., July 12. Nothing beyond minor skirmishes has occurred and Pekin is quiet. Cabinet issued peremptory orders to the CUiijui party against moving troops on Pekin. Diplomatists deprecate any alarm among foreign residents. The military have torn up the line near Teehow, on the Tientsin-Pukow railway.—(A. and N.Z.)