BROODING FEAR
RESTS UPON PEKIN. PRESFDENT HELD PRISONER. CONSULS DENIED ACCESS. (Received 10.15 a.m.) PEKIN, June 14. The Chinese President, Li-Yuan-Hung, is I'eing held prisoner in a special traiia at Tientsin by troops under the commond of Chen-Ping, Governor of OJuh-Li Province. Attempts by the British and American Consuls to confer with th-e President were unsuccessful. The British representatives were forcibly prevented from approaching the train. It is said that the President is being detained because he is in posses«io3i of Government seals. The Cabinet met. a"t Pekin to-day in an attempt to function in the absence of Li-Yuan-Hung, who appears to have been driven out by threats of the militarists. The city remains quiet, despite fears of disturbances.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 15 June 1923, Page 5
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