ARMIES IN CHINA

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 1

ARMIES IN CHINA

CHANG TSO-LIN THREATENED MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Wednesday. The military situation in China was reviewed to-day in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamberlain. He said 'reports to hand in the past week showed that General Yen Hei-shen, military governor of Shansi, had moved six divisions eastward from Taiyuan, the capital of the province. Apparently this was a threat against Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian war lord, and his ally, General Sun Shuan-fang, the original defender of Shanghai against the Southerners. Most of Yen’s troops were concentrated along the Shantung railway. He had also moved a force of 20,000 men to the Tientsin-Pukow railway. On June 30 troops in an armoured train recaptured Lincheng from the Southern armies.

Tientsin troops w'ere reported to have advanced along the PekingHankow railway, and to have crossed the Yellow River. The railway for some distance from Chengchow, in the Honan province, was reported to have been cut. The “Christian” general, Feng Yuhsiang had retired to Loyang.—A. and N.Z.