Peking, June 23.
The execution of the terms of the armistice has come to a temporary halt, owing to Gen. Chang Tso-lin's demand that the Chibli forces should retire as far as Liushowying, the Fengtien troops removing to an equal distance from the Great Wall and the area between becoming a neutral zone.
There is no indication of an actual crisis, but the Chihli forces who would have left the war zone to-day are remaining there, the Chih leaders apparently not being willing to abandon their strong positions while there is any possibility of the armistice breaking down.—Reuter.
London, June 23.
In the House of Commons yesterday, at question time, Mr. Ceci] Harmsworth said that the Government would lose no opportunity to use its good office to facilitate the progress of Chinese national consolidation so far as it could consistently with the policy of nonintervention in the interna] politics of China.—Reuter's Special.
Peking, June 23.
A_ Presidential Mandate dated June 22 and an official report dated June 23 announce that Tsao Jui-lin, Lu Tsung-yn and Chung Shih-ming will be subjected to trials at the local Chienchachu of Peking.—Fastern News Agency.
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