REBELLION IN CHINA.
EARLY BATTLE EXPECTED. MARTIAL LAW IN,PEKIN. PEKIN, July 10. The Diplomatic Corps has warned the Government that in the event of an uprising there must not be lighting within the city, and Pekin must not Le. subject to bombardment. —(A. and N.Zt) Cable.) XONDON, July 12. The Daily Mail’s Tientsin; correspondent reports that the position is worse. Three thousand Tuan Chi Jui troops are confronting an army commanded by Tsaokin Wupeifu at Tingching, fifty-four miles south-west of Pekin, and an early battle is expected. Panic prevails in Pekin, and martial law has been proclaimed. Terror-stricken Chinese are leaving the city, thousands pouring into Tientsin. The bellicose and blood-thirsty attitude of the troops has compelled the stoppage of all trains. The American authorities have ordered the evacuation of the white residents in the Paoting-fu district. Pekin -.reports state that 10.COO troops arrived as a bodyguard for the Emperor. The population have lost, their heads' and are storming hospitals and foreign hotels lor refuge. Bittiness is at a standstill. '{ London military circles-regard the situation as serious. Tuan Chi Jui is credited with being monarchical. Imperial ambitious, and the most powerful man in Chinn. Ihe Emperor is a. mere puppet. It is believed that the Legation forces arc sufficiently powerful to protect the English residents.— (United Service.)
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1863, 13 July 1920, Page 5
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