TROUBLE IN THE EAST.
MUTINY OK FORCES. INHABITANTS SLA UG LITE RED. Received June 23. 9.15 a.in NEW YORK, June 21. The Chinese News to-day consists of a report that Ulning-tso-lin and Wu-pei-fu signed an armistice at ( 'hinwangeno following negotiations aboard a British warship. A force of 10.000 men of the northern army sent against Sun Vat Sen in the Kaigsi province mutinied and burned Kianfu and other nearby cities, slaughtering many inhabitants. Sun Vat Sen has been taken prisoner, and is being held aboard the Chinese cruiser Ilaighi near (‘anion, according to .advices received from the foreign legations at Pekin.—A. and N.Z. cable. HORRORS PERPETRATED, WORST SINCE BOXER RISING. Received June 23, 10.40 a.rn. NEW YORE. June 22. Later reports from Shanghai slate that the horrors perpetrated by the Ivialu mutineers were the worst since the Boxer rebellion, the soldiers ladling foreign women with whips. A force Inis matte a hurried march from Pekin and the British gunboat Cockchafer has entered Payang Lake to pick up the foreigners endangered in Nanclnuig.—A. and N.Z, cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 432, 24 June 1922, Page 6
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