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:THE CHANGE-OVER. (Router's T«kjgi»W,)'< ' .(Received April 17, 2.30 p.m.) PEKIN, April ,10. . The Kuominelum evacuated the city. and Chinese, Allied troops Jiaye taken over control, Kuominchun.troops outside the city streamed in, demoralising the garrison and, the., cvaluation .was .followed., by trains, cars, carts, and people On foot. ; -The Nationalist commander gfivo control to General Wangshihchien, who telegraphed, the Allied leaders that there was' no heed to besiege the capital at present.The indications are, that the.Kouminchun troops will not halt before reaching .Nankow, unci pass north of Peking .which is. now, threatened. -The ~Manchuriau column ,fought fiercely at.Eerigtni untiline afternoon, when it retreated. ! General .Wang , fears 'the ,Mnnchurians, will insist on entering ~tho capital to-morrow. The foreign rpiarter is crammed with Chinese, treasures. Hotels and foreign,, buihlings are crowded wifh, panic-stricken refugees. Tuanchujulhas returned to.thc-Prc-sidential, Palace and resumed, his fpne. tjons. Tsuokunhas gone to .-the. Legation quarter. _
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 15
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