HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 2 May 1922, Page 5

HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES

ACTION BY FOREIGN POWERS

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT NEW YORK, April 30. The Chicago Tribune's Tientsin correspondent states that heavy lighting continues at three points, being heaviest at Changsintien. .

Tne hgnting consists chiefly of rifle and macnine-gun firing across waterways, indicating that neither side is able to effect a crossing. Heavy troop movements continue through Tientsin, both to Langfauf and Machang. The French jjunboat Garonne has arrived. A British volunteer corps mobilised to-day. Arms and equipment were issued and the men ordered to report for duty on Monday afternoon. j

NEW YORK, May 1. I Following upon the declaration of martial law at Pekin, the diplomatic body met to discuss precautionary measures. It was decided to await a itply from the Chinese Foreign Office on the warning against fighting in Pekin. The commanders of Allied troops at Tientsin reported that they were ready to seize the Pekin-Tientsin railway if traffic was interrupted. The American . legation suggested that Washington should send an additional gunboat to Tientsin. President Chang has issued three proclamations, one ordering the cpoo,.mg forces to withdraw in view of the demoralisation of the nation's ihdm tries, the second asking the Pekin gendarmes to take adequate measures to riotect the Pekin metropolitan .p-ea, smd the third emphasising the need for protecting the lives and property o_ foreigners.