WILL DEFEND PATH TO PEKIN.
ANTI-RED FORCES COMBINE IN PLAN TO CHECK ADVANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Asen.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 23, 1 pm ) LONDON, November 22. At a week-end conference of anti-Red militarists at Tientsin it was decided to dispatch a combined army to Nan. king to check the Red advance towards ' Pekin. The army will include a large force of White Russians supplementing several thousand whites in the long-stand-ing Shangtung army. The Allies intend crossing the Yangtsze and extending southwards, placing a strong force of aiiti-Reds in control of the Shanghai district, which Sun-chang-fang agreed to give up in. return for assistance, retaining only Che-kiang. The Chinese Cabinet is resigning, and a coalition is being formed. ExPresidcnt Li-Yuan-hung is expected to accept the Presidency. It is reported that large supplies of munitions en route from Russia have been intercepted by the anti-Reds.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18011, 23 November 1926, Page 4
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