WAR IN CHINA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 264, 16 October 1924, Page 6

WAR IN CHINA.

SITUATION MENACING. ARMIES MARCHING ON SHANGHAI. (Received 16, 12.5 p.m.) Shanghai, Oct. 15. A somewhat serious situation has arisen as the result of the notorious Anfuite. General Hsu Sshutseng, known as Little Hsu, with the support of the remaining Che-kiang leaders at Shanghai oiiying over the Kiang-su troops who occupied Lungchua. These troops have now been joined by disbanded Che-kiangites. The combined forces, numbering approximately 6000, under the leadership of Hsu, entrenchad themselves near the arsenal on the jne of advance.

Sun Chuang-fang, the Fukien general who captured Hangchow for Kiangsuitch, is now marching on Shanghai, and also along the railway line just outside the boundary. The foreign settlements are on the line of advance. Marshal Chi, who is advancing on Shanghai from Quinsan. is acting in concert with the troops. ' Certain Che-kiang forces, numbering 1000. are marching on Hanchow from Ningpo, thus threatening Sun’s rear. The Kiang-suites, under Chi, have now halted three miles from Hsu’s troops along the railway. Negotiations are taking place, which it is hoped may Ktop the fighting, but local foreign officials regard the situation as menacing. Several thousand leaderless Chekiangites officers having disappeared, are going to Shanghai from the front and are entering the Chinese city. A special train . containing Colonel Hilton Johnson and Mr. A. O. Clear, general manager of the ShanghaiNanking railway, was fired on by Kiang-suites near Quinsan, apparently due to a misunderstanding. They were going to Quinsan to interview Chi-neieh-guan regarding protective measures for foreign settlements, but were unable to complete_their journey. An unconfirmed Japanese agency report states that a Fengtien 'bomb from an aeroplane was dropped near Wu-pei-fu’ s quarters at Chinwangtao, after which lie took refuge temporarily in the Chinese warship. Haichi.—tßeuter). S AFET yTJT FLIGHT. Tokio, Oct. 14. Lu Yungh-siang and his staff' have arrived at Nagasaki.—(A. and N.Z.)