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SOLDIERS ADVANCING ON PEKIN -H, rwtr).- Tnlngriph —Cnev-(yS-(Australian A N.Z. Coble Association) 'TIENTSIN. April 2. Motor travellers from IVkin stale Hud the road is swarming with an almost coni bilious procession ol Mukden soldiers advancing on Pekin, while parallel columns line either side of_ l lie road. FifLcn Irains are daily leaving Pekin for Naukovv and Kalgan. carrying Kim Min t jinn's troops and equipment, j he troops are believed also to bo moving across ((> 1 1 11 1 1 "v on Naukovv villi the ol> jeel . I' rutting elf tile remaining Kuo Alin Chun levees from the capital. PEKIN, April 2. Pro lll i lll >i l l ('hinose are seeking safety in the Legation quarter, due to in creased fear throughout the c.ly that negut in! Imus f.He* transfer of Pekin from Nationalist defenders to the opposing eoniition army, principally controlled by" Marshall ( 'hank Tsn Lin. would fail, in which ease there is likely to lie sharp fighting I'o: possession o! the city. Nationalists are withdrawing some troops from the cilv. toil only the less disciplined soldiers are being permitted to leave, while picked troops are forming ;j company ring around the capital.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 April 1926, Page 7
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196CHINA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 April 1926, Page 7
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