A CHINESE COUP
PRESIDENT FORCED TO RESIGN. RELEASE OF TSAO-KUN. (Pres* Association —By Telegrapb—Copyright.) PEKING, April 10. (Received April 11 ; at 5.5 p.m.) Sparse news is available regarding a sudden coup d’etat resulting in the resignation of President Tuan-Chi-jui and the release of the ex-President Tsao-Kun. This was the outcome of discontent among the members of the Kuominchun (otherwire, the Council of Ministers) with the position of affairs. ! ‘ The coup was carried out by General Lu-Chung-lin acting under the command of General Wu-Pei-fu in the greatest secrecy. The gates were closed late at night, the telephones were cut, and for several hours Tuan-Chi-jui’s headquarters were surrounded. Otherwise there was no sign that important events were happening. It transpires that Tuan-Chi-jui entered the French Legation prior to the coup. General .Wu-Pei-fu acted under the instructions of the Council of Ministers who requested him to proceed to Peking to restore the political situation. —Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 9
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152A CHINESE COUP Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 9
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