CHINESE CLASH

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11400, 20 March 1930, Page 6

CHINESE CLASH

FEVERISH MILITARY ACTIVITY (Received 10.40 a.in.) United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, March 19. The continued withdrawal of the Nationalist troops from the north to Nanking in accordance with the announced refusal of Chiangkai•shek to resort to war against General Y r enhsishan is reported to be only a temporary retirement along the Tsinpu railway to enable the concentration of Nationalist forces to defend Nanking against a threatened attack by Shansi troops, who have already advanced over a considerable area', and are now massing for the purpose of launching a general offensive. A en’s troops Ipave already disarmed the Nationalist garrison at Pekin and 'are expelling Nanking nominees, seizing telephones and telegraphs. Shansi press gangs, which previously have been working secretly, are now openly forcing thousands of coolies into service. The entire rolling stock of the Pekin railways has been commandeered by the Shansi war lord. The former capital is assuming the greatest military activity since the Nationalist occupation three years previously. Every train leaving southwards carries thousands of northern soldiers. Nanking’s position is seriously threatened by. two spheres of influence though it is generally believed by foreign observers that Chiangkaishek’s military and monetary resources are sufficient to prevent Nanking’s fall, though joint uprisings ninY result ill the loss ot Hankow and considerable territory in the north, and the probable establishment of a provisional Government at Pekin under Yenlisislian.