STILL CONFUSED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20169, 11 June 1928, Page 7

STILL CONFUSED

SITUATION IN PEKING Foreign Concessions Exposed to Grave Danger SCL_„LRNEr.3’ OCCUPATION I By —Per Press Ab-.. right J [ United Service, j Received June 10, 5.5 p.m. SHANGHAI, June 9. For the last two days messages from x ckiug have been sent by iuoiur lorry to Tientsin but these have now been discontinued ami navigation of the licntsin Sea is now stopped. Foreign women and children at the Tongsnau mines, near Tientsin have evacuated. 'l'fie buansi troops entered Peking amid complete order, General Feng i u .twang s troops offering no resistance to the Shansi forces, lighting is reported adjacunt to Tientsin between the iSouthorners and Chang Chung Chang's fences. It is at present going in favour of the former. The {Southerners are hokiing all strategic points. In the event of the capture of Tientsin by Feng Yu Hsiang the position will embarrass General Yen Shi Shan, who would bo deprived of the only Chihli port as part of the advantages offered the Shansi troops should the Tuchun enter the warfare on the side of the Southerners.

Conseqeuntly, Feng is making the greatest endeavours to capture t»c city.

Meanwhile the Northerners’ own purpose in offering resistance are otherwise inexplicable. Reports indicate that the Northerners are not defending the British and French concession, which is exposal to considerable danger in case the Southerners should carry out an attempt at storming the position, when foreign troops will undoubtedly be called on to defend.

PEKING QUIET A TENSE ATMOSPHERE POLICE PATROLS IN STREETS [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, June 8. Telegraph and telephone communication between Peking and the outside world is interrupted aili little news of the situation is available. Latest information is that the city continues quiet, t although a tense atmosphere exists. The entry of the Southerners is imminent and the Shansi troops and the Kuominchun troops of Feng Yu Hsiang are outside the wall. According to latest information from Peking which is dated yesterday, the Shansi troops were then outsiifiio the north gate of the city and the Kuominchun troops were outside the Southern gate. It is reported that the intention of the Nanking authorities is to allocate the capital to Yen, but the latter is considered unlikely to dispute Feng’s desire to take jver control. It is consequently anticipated that Kuominchun will enter to-day with troops which have previously been quartered in Peking and are reported to be well disciplined. Yesterday the city gates remained closed and the evacation of the remaining Northern forces in the city was proceeding without interference from the Southerners. Meanwhile the city remains quiet, with police patrolling the streets.