(it may' be convenient to readers" to have the chief events of the war set out now in brief chronological From as ender).
'Aug. 20—Marshal Chi, in reply to telegram from Kiangsu gentry'
Geclares that he will keep the Peace.
Aug. 21—Marshal Chi accuses: Tupan Lu Yung-hsiang of Ché- Kiang of breaking the Peace! Pact by permitting Fukien troops to take refuge in Ché- Kiang Province.
Aug. 25.—Troops begin to move from Nanking towards Soochow and the Anhui border.
President Tsao Kun sends em-emissary to Loyang to avert conflict.
JAug. 26—Troops continue to pour out of Nanking.
Aug. 28—Marshal Chi in an interview for the "North China Daily News" states that his objective is Shanghai, which should belong to Kiangsu and that China can only be unified by force.
Reports from Yangchow and other Kiangsu cities indicate' press gangs are at work.
Chihli Party Peace terms eve of actual fighting provide! promotions for Lu Yung-hsiang and Ho Feng-lin but. independence is to be cancelled and Shanghai returned to Kiangsu.
Aug. 29.—Reports from the north.
indicate military preparations by Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-
British, American, Japanese and French Legations—notify' Chinese Government, China will be held accountable for foreign life and property: British Legation protests use rejects Chihli Peace terms as) dis honourable, claims that he unjustly attacked and insist that China can only be unified by recognizing the will of the People.
Aug. 90—Refugee problem Shanghai becomes acute.
Sept. 1.—Chékiang troops moving toward Sungkiang, Kashing and Huchowfu.
Kiangsu troops at Quinsan. United States increases naval' station in Shanghai by 3 destroyers at Shanghai and 1 gunboat at Amoy.
Sept. 2—Chinese Chamber of Commerce proposes 15 miles neutral zone around Shanghai. Marshal Chi leaves Nanking for front. Gen. Sun Chuan-fang of Fukien declares war on Chekiang.
Sept. 3—Shanghai-Nan)
way reported cut.
Chinese Red Cross takes field' for relief work.
Foreign navies arrive in Shanghai for protection of Settlement.
Chinese navy moves from Nan-takes in Chusan king to Fokien fleet
Archipelago.
Chinese Telegraph Administration reports wires cut between Shanghai and Soochow. Marshal Lu declares war on Tsao Kun accusing latter of crimes. Fighting at front begining 10.15 a.m. Kiangsu headquarters, Quinsan; Chekiang at)
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