SHANGHAI DEFENDED

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11934, 15 September 1924, Page 8

SHANGHAI DEFENDED

NO ANXIETY FOR SAFETY OF FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS. .VOLUNTEERS ENROLLED. Br Telejfranb.—Pnea Asm. —Coprrisht. < Reuter’s Telearam PEKING, September 13. In view of the measures which have been taken at Shanghai. no anxiety is felt for the -eafetyof the foreign settlements. Effective, use has been made of barbed wire-on the- various roads leading to the ially from the. north and Trom the Chinese - city- . This Kystchi’. of' defence 1 ran be .extende^Tauickjyn o dthefroada if necetpairy. ''’***' " The volunteers number close Upon 2000, and, in addition, between 400 ; and men, mostly British, have qffered their services in case .of emergency. There are also 1200 ' RIVAL FORCES CHE-KIANG advancing. On the western front, the Kiang Bui’s forces this afternoon fell book on their | headquarters -at Chang Chow, which, is 1 threatened by the Ohe-Kiang advance, west of- Taihu Lake. The Che-Kiang army captured Thing, twenty-three miles scrtrth of Chang Chow. There''is - no change on the southern' and eastern front. The Che-Kiang forces claim to have captured two bate talions of. infantry, who surrendered, outside .Ihing. > REPORTED TOWN iOF THING CAPTURED^ Reuter's. Telegjanu (Received September 14, .5.0 pmi.V; PEKING, September 3. Heavy fighting is reported east and west of Taihu Lake. Ohe'Kiang’a forces secured a notable victory by oapturing the town of Ihing. This threatens Ghangchow, which is Kiangsu’s main base.